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General Dallaire to appear in court on 23 February 1998

3 February 1998
General Romeo Dallaire, former Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) peacekeeping force, will appear as a witness for the Defence in the Jean-Paul Akayesu trial on Monday 23 February 1998. The Akayesu trial is one of the three ongoing trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, established for the prosecution of persons... more

Statement by the press and public affairs unit of the ICTR concerning the attempted suicide by Hassan Ngeze

25 January 1998
The Suicide Attempt Mr. Hassan Ngeze, a detainee of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda currently awaiting trial on genocide-related charges, attempted to commit suicide on 24 January 1998. At 0945 hours on 24 January, while on a routine patrol of the cells in the Tribunal's Detention Facility in Arusha, a prison officer found Ngeze lying... more

Defence and Prosecution motions in Bagosora case to be heard

29 November 1997
On Friday 31 October 1997, Prosecution and Defence motions in the case of Colonel Theoneste Bagosora, a former Director of Cabinet in the Ministry of Defence, will be heard before Trial Chamber 2. The Prosecution is asking for Orders for Protective Measures for Victims and Witnesses to crimes alleged in the indictment of Colonel Bagosora, while the Defence motion is asking for... more

Lt. Samuel Imanishimwe pleads "not guilty" to eight counts

27 November 1997
A former Commander of the Cyangugu Barracks of the Rwanda Armed Forces, Lieutenant Samuel lmanishimwe today pleaded not guilty to eight counts charging him with participation in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The accused entered the plea during his initial appearance before Trial Chamber 2. Lt. Imanishimwe is charged with... more

Historic forensic evidence presented in the case of Kayishema and Ruzindana

26 November 1997
A Forensic Anthropologist, Dr Wiliam Haglund yesterday presented extensive forensic evidence of a mass exhumation involving at least 454 individuals in the case of the Prosecutor against Clement Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana. Dr Haglund, a Prosecution witness, presented the results of a mass exhumation which was undertaken at a grave site in Kibuye Prefecture... more

Former editor of Kangura newspaper pleads "not guilty" to three counts

20 November 1997
A former Editor-in-Chief of a Rwandan newspaper, Kangura, Hassan Ngeze today pleaded not guilty to the three counts charging him with participation in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The plea was entered during his initial appearance before Trial Chamber 1. Hassan Ngeze, who is defended by Counsels Ngata Kamau and Wamuti Ndegwa from Kenya, is charged with one count... more

General Dallaire to testify in Arusha

19 November 1997
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today requested the Secretary General of the United Nations to authorise the appearance of General Romeo Dallaire, the former Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR), as a witness in The Prosecutor against Jean-Paul Akayesu. This follows the decision of Trial Chamber 1 to grant the... more

Alfred Musema pleads "not guilty" to six counts

18 November 1997
A former Director of Gisovu Tea Factory in Kibuye Prefecture in Rwanda, Alfred Musema today pleaded not guilty to the six counts contained in the indictment accusing him of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He entered the plea during his initial appearance before Trial Chamber 1, in the absence of his lead Counsel Marie-Paule Honegger of the Bar of Switzerland. The... more

General Kabiligi and Major Ntabakuze indicted

16 November 1997
A judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda today confirmed the indictment of Gratien Kabiligi, a former General in the General Staff of the Rwandan Armed Forces, and Aloys Ntabakuze, a former Major and Commander of the Para-Commando Battalion of the same army. Confirming the joint indictment against the two, Judge Lennart Aspegren said there was sufficient... more

Cameroon authorizes transfer of two accused to Arusha

13 November 1997
The President of the Republic of Cameroon, HE Paul Biya has signed decrees authorizing the transfer from Yaounde to the Tribunal's Detention Facilities in Arusha of two accused, Laurent Semanza and Jean Bosco Barayagwiza, accused of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The indictments against the accused, who are detained in Cameroon... more