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.
24.01.07 - RWANDA/PRISONERS - RWANDA ANNOUNCES UPCOMING RELEASE OF 8.000 PRISONERS
Arusha, January 24 2007 (FH) - The Rwandan government is to release 8.000 prisoners, many of which avowed genocide criminals, the pro-government paper Imvaho Nshya published in Kinyarwanda reports this Wednesday. According to the paper, which quotes the Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, this operation is to begin in February. It will be the third […]
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