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.
19.03.15 – UN/IRAQ – ISLAMIC STATE MAY HAVE COMMITTED GENOCIDE, SAYS UN REPORT
Geneva, March 19, 2015 (2015) – The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may have committed crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in Iraq, a UN report said Thursday. It said evidence "strongly suggests" that ISIL perpetrated genocide against the Yazidi community, with intent to destroy Yazidis as a group.
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