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Month: March 2001

SEMANZA TRIAL ADJOURNED, WITNESS TESTIFIES OUT OF COURT
30 March 2001 by Justice Info
Arusha, March 28, 2001(FH) - The 20th prosecution witness in the genocide trial of former Rwandan mayor Laurent Semanza on Thursday testified out of court because of illness, prosecution and defence confirmed. Semanza’s trial has [...]
MEDIA TRIAL ADJOURNED TO APRIL 4th
26 March 2001 by Justice Info
Arusha, March 26, 2001(FH) – The trial of three genocide suspects linkedto "hate media" in Rwanda was on Monday adjourned to April 4th before theInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The adjournment cameafter the test [...]
TRIBUNAL REJECTS NGEZE REQUEST TO CHANGE LAWYERS
22 March 2001 by Justice Info
Arusha, March 22nd, 2001 (FH) The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said on Thursday it had rejected a request from genocide suspect Hassan Ngeze to have his defence lawyers fired. Ngeze asked last month that the c [...]
WITNESSES TELL OF RAPE ORDEALS
20 March 2001 by Justice Info
Arusha, March 20, 2001(FH) - Former Rwandan mayor Laurent Semanza encouraged militia to rape Tutsi women during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, witnesses told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday. Four witne [...]
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20 March 2001 by Justice Info
TRIBUNAL REBUKES PROSECUTION FOR BEING "UNPREPARED" Arusha, March 20, 2001(FH) The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday rebuked prosecutors in the so-called Media Trial for being unprepared and wasting court time. The prosecution was due to introduce its thi [...]
19 March 2001 by Justice Info
WITNESS ACCUSES JOURNALIST OF ORDERING A MURDER Arusha, March 19, 2001(FH) - Former newspaper editor and genocide suspect Hassan Ngeze ordered the assassination of a Tutsi in Gisenyi, northern Rwanda, in 1994, a prosecution witness told the International Criminal Tribunal for R [...]
16 March 2001 by Justice Info
DEFENCE SAYS COURT ABOUT TO TRY NZIRORERA "IN HIS ABSENCE" Arusha, March 16, 2001(FH) The defence lawyer for Rwandan ex-politician Joseph Nzirorera on Friday filed a request to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in which he says his client risks being unfairly tried in [...]
15 March 2001 by Justice Info
FORMER MAYOR’s TRIAL POSTPONED TO JULY 2nd Arusha, March 15, 2001(FH) The trial of former Rwandan mayor Juvénal Kajelijeli, which started on Tuesday, has been postponed to July 2nd, reports the independent news agency Hirondelle. Presiding judge Laity Kama of Senegal said [...]
15 March 2001 by Justice Info
MEDIA TRIAL ADJOURNED AMID FURTHER HEATED EXCHANGES Arusha, March 15, 2001(FH) - The trial of three suspects linked to media that incited genocide in Rwanda was suspended Wednesday for lack of prosecution witnesses. It is expected to resume Monday.
14 March 2001 by Justice Info
LAWYER SAYS WITNESS IS "HOSTILE" TO THE DEFENCE Arusha, March 14, 2001(FH) - A lawyer for genocide suspect Hassan Ngeze on Wednesday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to declare a prosecution witness "hostile to the defence" and scrap his testimony, re [...]
14 March 2001 by Justice Info
FORMER MAYOR STABBED GIRL TO DEATH SAYS WITNESS Arusha, March 14, 2001(FH) - Former Rwandan mayor and genocide suspect Laurent Semanza slashed the neck of a young girl and killed her by knifing her in the chest, a witness told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICT [...]
13 March 2001 by Justice Info
TRIAL OF FORMER MAYOR OFFICIALLY OPENED Arusha, March 13, 2001(FH) The trial of former Rwandan mayor Juvénal Kajelijeli formally opened Tuesday before Trial Chamber Two of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In an opening statement, the prosecution to [...]
12 March 2001 by Justice Info
DEFENCE GETS WITNESS PROTECTION LIFTED Arusha, March 12, 2001(FH) The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday granted a defence request to have identity protection measures lifted for a prosecution witness. The defence team for former "hate radio" d [...]
12 March 2001 by Justice Info
FORMER MAYOR ORDERED INFANT BUTCHERED, SAYS WITNESS Arusha, March 12, 2001(FH) - Former Rwandan mayor and genocide suspect Laurent Semanza ordered and witnessed the killing of an infant in April 1994, a witness told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday. T [...]
8 March 2001 by Justice Info
SEMANZA CASE ADJOURNS TO MONDAY Arusha, March 8, 2001(FH) - The trial of former Rwandan mayor Laurent Semanza was adjourned Thursday afternoon because the twelfth prosecution witness had not yet arrived in Arusha. The case is expected to resume on Monday before [...]
8 March 2001 by Justice Info
LAWYERS AND WITNESSES STILL COMPLAINING Arusha, March 8, 2001(FH) Defence lawyers’ complaints that prosecution witnesses are insulting them, and witness’s concerns for their own security seem to be an ongoing trend in the so-called media trial before the International C [...]
7 March 2001 by Justice Info
BARAYAGWIZA GETS NEW CO-COUNSEL Arusha, March 7, 2001(FH) Genocide suspect Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza’s new co-counsel, Alfred Pognon of Benin, on Wednesday made his first appearance in the case before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Pognon, a [...]
6 March 2001 by Justice Info
TRIAL RESUMES WITH CALL FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE OF GENOCIDE Arusha, March 6, 2001(FH) As the trial of former Rwandan mayor Laurent Semanza resumed Tuesday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), prosecutors asked the court to issue a judicial notice that genocide occu [...]
6 March 2001 by Justice Info
PROSECUTION ACCUSES NGEZE OF INTIMIDATING A WITNESS Arusha, March 6, 2001(FH) The prosecution on Tuesday accused International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) genocide suspect Hassan Ngeze of intimidating a witness before that witness came to testify against him. The tenth pros [...]
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