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.
FORMER PREFET BAGAMBIKI'S DEFENCE PLEAD FOR ACQUITAL
Arusha, August 14, 2003 (FH) - Lawyers for the former Prefect of Cyangugu (south-west Rwanda), Emmanuel Bagambiki, Wednesday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to acquit their client. Seydou Doumbia, a Belgian of Malian descent, and Vincent Lurquin from Belgium took turns in declaring that the prosecution had not proven beyond reasonable doubtthe […]
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