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.
DEFENCE EXPERT WITNESS REJECTED, COMPETENCE OF ANOTHER QUESTIONED
Arusha, February 7, 2002 (FH) - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday upheld an earlier decision rejecting a scheduled defence expert witness in the trial of former Bicumbi mayor Laurent Semanza. It also ruled that another witness would not testify as an expert but could give evidence as a factual witness.
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