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.
ACQUITTED MAYOR SAYS APPEAL SHOULD BE THROWN OUT
Arusha, September 25, 2001 (FH) - Acquitted former mayor Ignace Bagilishema has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Appeals Court to throw out a Prosecutor's appeal against his acquittal, Bagilishema's lawyer told Hirondelle in a message received Tuesday. "We've lodged a motion to have the Prosecutor's appeal declared inadmissible for lack of grounds," […]
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