US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali. He expressed concerns about the lack of fair trial guarantees for critics of Kagame. Blinken mentioned “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison. During his meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali on … Read more
Phénéas Munyarugarama, one of the remaining five fugitives wanted for his participation in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002, according to UN prosecutors. Munyarugarama, a local army commander, died “of natural causes” and was buried in Kankwala, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Mechanism for … Read more
After the United Nations reported fugitive Rwandan genocide suspect Protais Mpiranya died in Zimbabwe in 2006, Zimbabwe denied harboring him on Sunday. Wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide, Mpiranya, presidential guard commander at the time of the massacres, died in Zimbabwe where he fled years earlier, following pulmonary tuberculosis, UN prosecutors said. He … Read more
On Monday, a former senior Rwandan official was charged with participation in the African country’s genocide in Paris, making him the highest-ranking individual to face justice in France over the 1994 atrocities. Laurent Bucyibaruta’s case is the fourth from the Rwandan genocide to reach a court in France, which has long faced pressure from activists … Read more
A Rwandan genocide suspect who has been dwelling in Sweden for greater than a decade became extradited Wednesday to his home country where he is predicted to stand trial over his alleged position in the 1994 massacres. Jean-Paul Micomyiza, who misplaced his combat towards extradition in December, changed into handcuffs as he disembarked from a … Read more
UNITED NATIONS – A United Nations court has ordered Niger to suspend its expulsion of eight Rwandans linked to the country’s 1994 genocide, officials confirmed Monday. Niger’s government announced the expulsions in late December just a month after the Rwandans were officially welcomed in the capital Niamey citing “diplomatic reasons”. But a judge with the International Residual … Read more
