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.
EX-MAYOR LED KILLING OF 321 TUTSIS, SAYS WITNESS
Arusha, November 28, 2001 (FH) - Former Rwandan mayor Juvénal Kajelijeli led an attack during the 1994 genocide in which 321 Tutsis were killed, a witness told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday. "On the spot, there was no survivor," protected witness "GAP" told the court.
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