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    Posted on November 1st, 2009

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    Munyaneza gets life sentence in Rwandan war crimes case

    Munyaneza gets life sentence in Rwandan war crimes case

    A Quebec judge has sentenced Désiré Munyaneza, the first person charged under Canada’s war crimes legislation, to a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years. Munyaneza “chose to kill, rape and pillage in the name of the supremacy of his ethnic group, reminding us that every time a man claims to belong to a superior race, a chosen people, humanity is in danger,” the judge wrote in a 12-page ruling.

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    Posted on October 31st, 2009

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    Man accused of presiding over rape of women and girls stands trial

    Man accused of presiding over rape of women and girls stands trial

    Jean-Baptiste Gatete, a former Director in the Rwandan Ministry of Women and Family Affairs, stood trial at the ICTR in October 2009 for his role in the Rwandan genocide. He is charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, incitement to commit genocide and crimes against humanity. He is alleged to have presided over pogroms which took place in the Catholic churches of Kiziguro and Mukarange, where thousands of Tutsis were killed and women and girls were serially raped.

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    Posted on October 31st, 2009

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    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.

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    Posted on April 4th, 2009

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    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.

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    Posted on March 31st, 2009

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    The sins of the Christian Church

    The sins of the Christian Church

    Gerald Caplan, author of The Betrayal of Africa and Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide, writes about the Christian Church’s complicity during the Rwandan genocide. In his view, the “Catholic hierarchy in Rwanda, mostly Hutu by 1994, failed to condemn its Hutu extremist friends who were carrying out this African holocaust.”

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    Posted on March 27th, 2009

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    “Bearing Witness” in Precedent Magazine

    “Bearing Witness” in Precedent Magazine

    Claire Ward of Precedent Magazine writes about Sandra and Samer’s journey to Rwanda for “The Men Who Killed Me”.

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    Posted on March 23rd, 2009

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    Rwanda ambassador urges Canada to reverse slashes on aid

    Rwanda ambassador urges Canada to reverse slashes on aid

    Mike Blanchfield of Canwest News Service reports on Canada’s decision to cut Rwanda from its roster of countries receiving development assistance. Canada’s new roster features a renewed focus on Latin America, which the Conservative government has identified as a key foreign policy priority.

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    Posted on February 18th, 2009

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    Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Alison Des Forges

    Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Alison Des Forges

    It is with enormous sadness that Human Rights Watch announces the death of our beloved colleague Dr. Alison Des Forges, who was killed in the crash of Flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo on February 12, 2009. Des Forges, senior adviser to Human Rights Watch’s Africa division for almost two decades, dedicated her life to working on Rwanda and was the world’s leading expert on the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its aftermath.

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    Posted on December 19th, 2008

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    Bagosora convicted of genocide

    Bagosora convicted of genocide

    Théoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel accused of being a mastermind behind the 1994 Rwanda genocide, was sentenced today to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.