Hirondelle News

18 years of archives, 11'000 reports on justice in Rwanda

The Hirondelle News Agency, based in Arusha, Tanzania, reported on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 1997 and the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2010. In June 2015, Hirondelle News handed over to JusticeInfo.net. The agency had more than 1,700 subscribers, including international and local media organizations especially in Rwanda and Tanzania, news agencies, universities, NGOs and individuals. Hirondelle News produced close to 11,000 dispatches, thus constituting one of the most important archives for these institutions, in four languages: English, French, Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda.

04.06.07 - ICTR/RENZAHO - RENZAHO DID NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER THE MILITIA (RWANDAN RED CROSS)

Arusha, 4 June 2007 (FH) - Tharcisse Renzaho, a former prefect of Kigali, accused in at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), did not have any authority over the militias nor on the road blocks which they controlled, stated the former delegate of the Rwandan Red Cross who had come to testify in his […]
By Ephrem Rugiririza
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