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.
APPEALS COURT JUDGES STRESS THEIR INDEPENDENCE
Arusha, April 1st, 2000 (FH) - Appeals Court judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) have reversed their earlier decision to free a top genocide suspect on procedural grounds, but stressed their decision was not influenced by political considerations. The Appeals Court's November 3rd decision ordering the release of Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza provoked an […]
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