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News Source: Daily Nation
| 11 months ago
Theoneste Bagosora received his life sentence on Thursday protesting his innocence. He was the person at the top of the military chain of command in Rwanda in 1994 when 800,000 Rwandans were massacred by militias he had indoctrinated and helped to...
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News Source: African Path
| 11 months ago
They should, next year, try to finish trials with some of the politicians. But these judges still refuse to follow the prosecution in its will to clearly convict common criminal intent, this famous "conspiracy to commit genocide", a component that...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 11 months ago
Thursday sentenced the alleged master-mind of the 1994 genocide, Col Theoneste Bagosora, to life imprisonment, together with two other of his colleagues. The UN Court also sentenced to 20 years in prison 70-year-old Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 11 months ago
The killing of more than 800,000 Rwandans in the 100 or so days between April and June in 1994 marked one of the darkest chapters of humanity...He faces life in jail, while the family and friends of the victims have finally found closure to their...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 11 months ago
Former military official "instigated Rwandan genocide" 19 December 2008 A former senior defence official was convicted on Thursday of instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and committing crimes against humanity and war crimes...Former military...
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News Source: Tamil Net
| 11 months ago
Rwandan convicted of genocide [TamilNet, Saturday, 20 December 2008, 00:27 GMT] A senior Rwandan military officer charged with being one of the masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda was convicted on Thursday by a United Nations court in Tanzania...
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News Source: The Guardian
| 11 months ago
The guilty verdict given against the mastermind of the Rwandan genocide, Théoneste Bagosora, at the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda , is groundbreaking (Rwanda genocide: 'Enemies of humanity' jailed for war crimes , 19 December).
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News Source: Associated Press
| 11 months ago
A former Rwandan youth organizer convicted of crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide was released Friday after completing a seven-year sentence and said he plans to join his family in Belgium. Joseph Nzabirinda's release comes a...
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News Source: IRIN
| 11 months ago
Justice, more than reconciliation, plays a fundamental role for the survivors of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide and much more needs to be done to make justice a reality for them, a report by African Rights, a human rights think-tank, recommends. â€...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 11 months ago
39 - (SA) Dear Editor, I am thrilled by latest news of the sentencing to life of the former Rwandan colonel, Colonel Theoneste Bagosora, who has been cited as being the planner and instigator behind the gruesome Hutu and Tutsi massacres.