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Initial appearances before the Tribunal

29 August 1997
The following initial appearances of three persons will take place on Wednesday 3 September 1997, before the Trial Chamber 1, composed of Judge Laïty Kama (presiding), Judge Navanethem Pillay, and Judge William Sekule: Alfred Musema, a former Director of Gisovu Tea Factory in Kibuye Prefecture, will appear for the first time before the Trial Chamber. He is charged with... more

Defence requests acquittal of Ferdinand Nahimana

27 August 1997
The hearing of preliminary motions filed by the Defence in the case of Ferdinand Nahimana, a former senior representative of Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) took place today with the Defence requesting the court to acquit the accused or at least order an amendment to the indictment. The preliminary motions heard today are based on the defects in the form of... more

Hearings before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

26 August 1997
A hearing of a preliminary motion filed by the Defence in the matter of the Prosecutor versus Ferdinand Nahimana, who is charged in connection with the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, will be held on Wednesday 27 August before Trial Chamber 1 of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The Defence's preliminary motion is based on defects in the form of the indictment and... more

Detention of four suspects extended for another 30 days

18 August 1997
Detention of four persons arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, exactly a month ago, was today extended for another 30 days, to give time to the Prosecution to finalize its investigations. Judge Laïty Kama, the President of the Tribunal, granted the extension following the Prosecutor's request that the detention of the four persons be extended because of the complexity of the... more

Hassan Ngeze's detention extended for another 30 days

18 August 1997
Detention of Hassan Ngeze, a former Editor in Chief of Kangura newspaper was today extended for another 30 days to enable the Prosecution complete its investigations. The ruling was made by Judge Laïty Kama, the Tribunal's President, at the end of an inter partes hearing of a motion filed by the Prosecution requesting the extension in the case of Hassan Ngeze, who was arrested... more

Kambanda's detenion extended for another 30 days

15 August 1997
Six persons out of the eight who were arrested in Nairobi, last month, in connection with the 1994 killings in Rwanda, appeared before a Judge of the Intemational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda yesterday, during which the Prosecution presented motions requesting the extension of their detention for another 30 days. Judge Laïty Kama, the President of the Tribunal, granted... more

Lt. Samuel Imanishimwe arrested in Mombasa

13 August 1997
A former commander of the Rwandese army in Cyangugu prefecture during the 1994 genocide, Lt. Samuel Imanishimwe, was arrested yesterday in Mombasa, Kenya, following a request by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and transferred to the Tribunal's Detention Facilities in Arusha. Lt. Imanishimwe is suspected to have committed genocide, crimes against humanity, and... more

The six suspects apprehended in Kenya in July to appear for the first time before an ICTR judge on 14 August 1997

11 August 1997
On Thursday 14 August 1997, six of the eight persons apprehended on 18 and 23 July 1997 by the Kenyan authorities at the request of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), will appear before Judge Laïty Kama, President of the Tribunal, for a public inter partes hearing to decide whether to release them or to extend their detention. On 18 and 23... more

Rwanda: first non-Rwandese suspect arrested

23 July 1997
Georges Henri Yvon Joseph Ruggiu, a Belgian national who was a journalist and presenter on the radio station, Radio Television Libres des Mille Collines (RTLM) in Rwanda in 1994 has been arrested by Kenyan authorities at the request of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and transferred to the Tribunal's detention facilities in Arusha, Tanzania... more

Rwanda: top figures of former regime arrested

18 July 1997
Seven persons, including Jean Kambanda, the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of the Republic of Rwanda during the massacres of April 1994, were arrested in Nairobi on 18 July 1997 by the Kenyan authorities at the request of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in an operation code named “NAKI" (standing for Nairobi-Kigali). They were... more