Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first trial, of Jean-Paul Akayesu, began in 1997. Jean Kambanda , interim Prime Minister, pleaded guilty. According to the ICTR's Completion Strategy, in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1503 , all first-instance cases were to have completed trial by the end of 2008 (this date was later extended to the end of 2009 [ 6 ] ) and all ...
Her first trial in 2012 resulted in a mistrial, as jurors were reportedly confused by poor translations of evidence from Rwanda. [1] [6] At her second trial, Munyenyezi denied that she had lied and continued to claim that she did not take part in the genocide. However, witnesses at both trials accused her of atrocities, including ordering ...
1 — Case referred to Rwanda on 8 May 2012 [23] [24] [25] Elizaphan Ntakirutimana: 20 June 1996: 3 3 1 — 24 March 2000: Completed sentence of 10 years' imprisonment on 6 December 2006 [26] [27] [28] Gérard Ntakirutimana [D] 20 June 1996: 3 3 1 — 30 November 1996: Completed commuted sentence on 26 March 2014 [29] [30] [28] Élie Ndayambaje ...
Théoneste Bagosora (16 August 1941 – 25 September 2021) was a Rwandan military officer. He was chiefly known for his key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In 2011, the sentence was reduced to 35 years' imprisonment on appeal.
Ferdinand Nahimana (born 15 June 1950) is a Rwandan historian, who was convicted of incitement to genocide for his role in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda.. Nahimana was co-founder of the radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), which during the genocide broadcast information and propaganda that helped coordinate the killings and fuel the hatred against Tutsi ...
v. t. e. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (born 1 April 1946) is a Rwandan politician who was the Minister for Family Welfare and the Advancement of Women. She was convicted of having incited troops and militia to carry out rape during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
The Gacaca courts (Kinyarwanda: [ɡɑ.t͡ʃɑ̌ː.t͡ʃɑ]) were a system of transitional justice in Rwanda following the 1994 genocide. The term 'gacaca' can be translated as 'short grass' referring to the public space where neighborhood male elders (abagabo) used to meet to solve local problems. [1] The name of this system was then adopted in ...
Pre-genocide capital punishment. Prior to the Rwandan genocide, the final death sentences in Rwanda were carried out in 1982. [1] Reportedly, 43 "common" prisoners were executed in September 1982, the last time non-political prisoners would be executed in Rwanda. [2] Until Rwanda's final executions in 1998, the United Nations considered Rwanda ...