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.

08.02.07 - ICTR/RWAMAKUBA - APOLOGY PROVIDED BUT FINANCIAL COMPENSATION DENIED FOR NOW

Arusha, February 8th 2007 (FH) - The Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) a trial chamber ordered last week to provide an acquitted former minister with an apology and a financial compensation has partially fulfilled the obligation.André Rwamakuba has not yet received the amount of 2,000 US dollars for the moral injury […]
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