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Arrest of Counsel Callixte Gakwaya

5 September 2006
Following the arrest of Defence Counsel Callixte Gakwaya, Lead Counsel for the accused Yusuf Munyakasi, on Friday 1 September 2006, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Mr Adama Dieng, expressed his strong concern to the Tanzanian authorities and requested clarification of the reasons for the arrest. Mr Dieng notes that the Tribunal did not... more

Counsel Callixte Gakwaya Released

5 September 2006
Defence Counsel Callixte Gakwaya, Lead Counsel for the accused Yusuf Munyakasi, was released by Tanzanian police on Tuesday morning, 5 September 2006. Mr Gakwaya was arrested on Friday 1 September 2006 and transferred immediately to the custody of the Central Police Station in Arusha. Circumstances of the arrest and conditions of the release have not been communicated to the... more

Egypt and Palestine Confirm Commitment to the Tribunal

28 August 2006
Dean of Arab Ambassadors in Tanzania, H.E. Ambassador Sabry Sabry, Ambassador of Egypt to Tanzania together with H.E. Yousef Habbab, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine visited the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) between the 22 nd and 25 th of August, 2006. During their visit they confirmed their respective country’s... more

Defence Closes Case in Karera Trial

25 August 2006
On 23 August 2006, the Defence closed its case in the trial of François Karera, the former Prefect of Kigali-Rural. Karera is charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. Hundreds of Tutsi are alleged to have been killed on the instructions or with the encouragement of the Accused in April and May 1994 in Rushashi commune, Nyamirambo sector, and Ntarama Church, all... more

Prisoner Joseph Serugendo Dies

22 August 2006
The Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Mr. Adama Dieng, announced today the death of Joseph Serugendo a convicted person who was a former member of the governing board of the Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) and of the National Committee of the Interahamwe za MRND. He passed away after a long illness on Tuesday, 22 August 2006 at 6:55... more

Catholic Priest Athanase Seromba Sentenced to Fifteen Years

13 August 2006
Trial Chamber III of the ICTR today found Athanase Seromba, former priest of Nyange Parish, Kivumu commune, guilty of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. The Chamber dismissed the alternative count of complicity in genocide, and acquitted the accused of the count of conspiracy to commit genocide. Seromba was then sentenced to a single term of fifteen years... more

Nchamihigo Trial to Begin on 25 September 2006

7 August 2006
The trial of Siméon Nchamihigo, 46, former Deputy Prosecutor in Cyangugu prefecture is to begin on 25 September 2006. The date was set during a status conference today presided by Judge Charles Michael Dennis Byron. Nchamihigo had earlier pleaded not guilty to an amended indictment charging him with four counts of genocide, murder, extermination and other inhumane acts as... more

ICTR Prosecutor meets with President Kagame

26 July 2006
The Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow on Friday 21 July 2006 held a meeting with the Rwandan President Paul Kagame at State House, Kiyovu in Kigali. Mr. Jallow who was in the country on an official visit from 17-24 July 2006 paid a visit to the Rwandan Head of State to brief him on the progress of the... more

16th Plenary Session of the Tribunal Meets in Arusha

10 July 2006
The 16th Plenary Session of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda took place in Arusha on 7 July 2006. The session brought together the Judges of the Tribunal’s Appeals Chamber, Trial Chambers, the Prosecutor and the Registrar and the Association of Defence Lawyers (ADAD). The Plenary was chaired by the President of the Tribunal, Judge Erik Møse. The... more

Appeals Chamber Increases Gacumbitsi’s Sentence to Life and Reduces Imanishimwe’s to Twelve Years

7 July 2006
The Appeals Chamber of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today provided reasons for its judgement in the Ntagerura et al. case, reducing Samuel Imanishimwe’s sentence from 27 to 12 years imprisonment and recalling that it had confirmed the acquittals of André Ntagerura, former Minister of Transport and Communications, and Emmanuel Bagambiki, former... more