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.
ICTR APPEALS COURT CONFIRMS SENTENCE ON FORMER MILITIAMAN
Arusha, February 14, 2000 (FH) - The Appeals Court of the InternationalCriminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday confirmed a 15-year prisonsentence on former Rwandan militiaman Omar Serushago who pleaded guilty togenocide. Reading the decision, French presiding judge Claude Jorda said the courtrejected the appeal of the defence, which had pleaded for a sentencereduction.
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