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.

EXMINISTER DIDN'T RAPE OR KILL ANYBODY, SAYS DEFENCE WITNESS

Arusha, October 25, 2002 (FH) - Genocide suspect and former Rwandan minister of information, Eliézer Niyitegeka never raped or killed anybody during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a defence witness told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday. "Never.
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