On the news this week that Denmark has extradited genocide fugitive Wenceslas Twagirayezu to face trial this week, as noted below, we hope that this will influence the UK Government to extradite the five genocide suspects in the UK to … Continue Reading »
Category: Justice
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With Andrew Sutton and Rachel Collingwood of Central Studios, we have been in Rwanda filming an array of the projects of Survivors Fund (SURF) and our partners over the course of the past week. We will be editing these over … Continue Reading »
Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors
The New Yorker recently published a powerful article, Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors, by Jina Moore highlighting the very concerning issue of the early release of convicted convicts. The full article is online here, an extract which we publish: … Continue Reading »
Formal submission to oppose the early release of genocide convicts
Founder and President of Genocide Survivors Foundation, Jacqueline Murekatete, has made a formal submission to Judge Theodor Meron opposing the early release of genocide convicts. Appended below is an extract of the letter… Dear Honorable Judge Meron, I am writing … Continue Reading »
Early Release of Convicted Genocidaires
A guest post from Jacqueline Murekatete, Genocide Survivors Foundation. The United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) which was put in place to finish the tasks left incomplete by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the … Continue Reading »
Survivors Call for Information on Families Wiped Out in Genocide
By Kelly Rwamapera, The New Times Parents work hard to have their younger children realise that which themselves were not able to achieve. Children, in the same manner, struggle to live the visions of their parents and pass them over … Continue Reading »
Over 54,000 Gacaca cases of looted property are unsettled
By Eugène Kwibuka, The New Times Government should devise new strategies to execute thousands of Gacaca judgments about property looted or destroyed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that are yet to be implemented so that the offenders can … Continue Reading »
CNLG and IBUKA call out UK Judiciary
CNLG, Ibuka urge UK judiciary to respect Rwanda’s judicial system. By Emmanuel Ntirenganya, The New Times. The decision of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruling out the extradition of five genocide suspects for trial in Rwanda … Continue Reading »
Complicity of France
Rwanda: More Evidence Pins France On Genocide. By James Karuhanga, The New Times. Recent reports in the French media have been awash with damning evidence about France’s complicity in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. New revelations have, among others, … Continue Reading »
Kwibuka23
Kwibuka23: Increase punishment for Genocide ideology, says Ibuka. By James Karyhanga, The New Times. Not only should the law punishing the crime of Genocide ideology be made tougher but the government and civil society too need to up their momentum … Continue Reading »