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.
MEDIA SUSPECT SAYS RWANDA TRIBUNAL TRANSLATIONS ARE UNFAIR
Arusha, October 23rd, 2000 (FH) - The defence counsel for the former editor of extremist Rwandan newspaper Kangura on Monday complained that International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) translations of Kangura articles were incomplete and unfair to his client. The suspect, Hassan Ngeze, remained outside the courtroom to protest this perceived unfairness, as the first […]
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