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.
CASE ADJOURNED DUE TO SICK WITNESS
Arusha, October 19, 2001 (FH) - The trial of Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana and his son Gerard Ntakirutimana was postponed on Friday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) because a prosecution witness said she felt ill and could not continue. Protected witness "XX" began testifying, led by prosecutor Bio-Tia Stevens of the US.
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