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.
FIRST PROSECUTION WITNESS TESTIMONY LASTS NINE DAYS
Arusha, November 18, 2003 (FH) – The first prosecution witness testimonyin the trial of four senior members of the Rwandan interim government,lasted nine days at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The trial dubbed “Government II”, groups together four former cabinetministers; Casimir Bizimungu (Health), Prosper Mugiraneza (Public service),Jerome Bicamumpaka (Foreign affairs) and Justin Mugenzi, […]
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