The Men Who Killed Me

The Men Who Killed Me
Subscribe to receive updates by email:
  • Home
  • About the Book
  • How to Help
  • Roots of the Genocide
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • In the News
  • Contact

Posts Tagged with "gacaca"

  • News & Events

    Posted on April 12th, 2010

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    gacaca

    Gacaca courts’ closure postponed again

    Gacaca courts’ closure postponed again

    The Hirondelle News Agency reports that the gacaca courts, which were created in 2001 as an attempt to try the bulk of Rwanda’s genocide suspects, had not wound up their proceedings by the end of March. This was the courts’ second failed deadline as trials were expected to have concluded in February.

  • News & Events

    Posted on March 29th, 2010

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    assistance, gacaca, post-genocide

    Rwandan organization calls for action against killing of genocide survivors

    Rwandan organization calls for action against killing of genocide survivors

    Ibuka, the main organization of Rwandan genocide survivors, brought the question of survivors’ murders before both houses of the Rwandan parliament. According to Ibuka, twenty-six genocide survivors were murdered in 2009 in Rwanda. Nine women and several children are said to be among the victims.

  • News & Events

    Posted on March 6th, 2010

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    Add new tag, conviction, gacaca

    Former director of prosecutor’s office to be tried on appeal for rape

    Former director of prosecutor’s office to be tried on appeal for rape

    On March 6, 2010, Augustin Mugemanyi, the former administrative and financial director of the Rwandan Prosecutor’s Office, will be tried on appeal before a Gacaca court in Kigali. He is to answer charges of rape and other sexual abuses during the 1994 genocide.

  • News & Events

    Posted on December 24th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    gacaca

    Gacaca courts to conclude proceedings in February 2010

    Gacaca courts to conclude proceedings in February 2010

    In “Gacaca Courts Wind Up Proceedings,” the Hirondelle News Agency reports that gacaca courts, which were created in 2001 to prosecute the bulk of Rwanda’s genocide suspects, are expected to wind up their proceedings by the end of February 2010. 1,461 cases have yet to be concluded by the courts.

  • News & Events

    Posted on November 18th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    conviction, gacaca

    Gacaca court sentences man to life in prison for rape

    Gacaca court sentences man to life in prison for rape

    The Hirondelle News Agency reports that Kigali businessman Laurent Magambo was sentenced to life in prison after having been found guilty of rape during the 1994 genocide. The judgment was delivered by a gacaca court of Nyakabanda, which found that Magambo had raped a young Tutsi woman who was eight months pregnant.

  • News & Events

    Posted on October 31st, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    conviction, gacaca, Rwanda

    Rwandan man receives life sentence for rape conviction

    Rwandan man receives life sentence for rape conviction

    On 22 October 2009, the Hirondelle News Agency in Arusha reported that a Kigali gacaca court confirmed the life sentence for Martin Habimana, a prosperous businessman convicted of rape on his first hearing, June 29. Habimana, in his forties, hails from Nyanza (Southern Rwanda). He was convicted for the rape of a young Tutsi woman he confined on the pretext of protecting her from killers.

  • News & Events

    Posted on July 7th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    crime, gacaca, rape

    Gacaca sentences two men to life sentences for rape

    Gacaca sentences two men to life sentences for rape

    The Hirondelle News Agency reports that a semi-traditional court in Kigali sentenced on Monday two men found guilty of rape during the 1994 genocide to life in imprisonment in isolation. Martin Habimana and Vianney Habimana were tried by the gacaca court of Nyakabanda.

  • News & Events

    Posted on July 1st, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    crime, gacaca, post-genocide

    Gacaca trials likely to continue until end of year

    Gacaca trials likely to continue until end of year

    Despite initial plans to wind up trials at the end of June, the Hirondelle News Agency reports gacaca trials in Rwanda will continue until the end of the year.

  • News & Events

    Posted on April 4th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    gacaca, ICTR, post-genocide, Rwanda

    Gacaca trials have discharged one million cases to date

    Gacaca trials have discharged one million cases to date

    Over one million judgments have been rendered by the semi-traditional Gacaca courts in Rwanda. The courts are now focusing on cases involving the planners, organizers, instigators and supervisors of the genocide, and those who committed rape and other forms of sexual violence.

  • News & Events

    Posted on February 20th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    assistance, gacaca, post-genocide, survivors, Trauma

    Increasing mental health disorders among survivors

    Increasing mental health disorders among survivors

    In the run up to the 15th commemoration of the 1994 genocide, a Rwandan association, dealing with post genocide trauma, has reported an increase of mental health disorders among survivors of the 101-day slaughter.

  • Older Posts There are more posts, check them out.

  • The Men Who Kiled Me Buy from Amazon
  • “Graphically, and without doubt, this book makes the case that rape is no lesser a crime than murder.”
    Lieutenant-General the Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire (ret.), Senator
  • Mukomeze
  • Find Us on Facebook
  • Links
    • Centre for Science and Values
    • Cordaid
    • Craig Scott Gallery
    • Douglas & McIntyre
    • Mukomeze
    • Solace Ministries
  • Flickr Photos

Copyright © 2009 The Men Who Killed Me. All rights reserved.