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Rwanda:
Govt Required to Appear At Ingabire Court Case in Arusha
East African, 11 June 2016
The Rwanda government is expected to appear at the African Court of Human and Peoples Rights, despite requesting to withdraw from the court's special declaration that allows… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Commission Blasts Dutch Lawyer Over Genocide Remarks
New Times, 9 June 2016
The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) has condemned a Dutch lawyer who on Monday told a district court at The Hague that the commemoration of the Genocide… Read more »
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Africa:
African Court On Human and Peoples' Rights to Deliver Four Judgments On Friday
africancourt, 1 June 2016
Arusha, 1 June, 2016: The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) on Friday, (3rd June,2016), will deliver four judgments and a ruling as the three weeks 41st Ordinary… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Govt Turns the Clock Back On Access to Justice
HRW, 11 March 2016
Until this month, Rwanda was one of only eight countries that recognized the right of individuals to file complaints directly with the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Govt Yet to Pull Out of African Court, Files for Withdrawal
East African, 8 March 2016
Rwanda has clarified that it is yet to pull out of the African Court on Human and People's Rights but has filed a request for withdrawal over fears that genocidaires may "enjoy the… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Kigali Pulls Out of African Court After Opposition Challenge
East African, 5 March 2016
Rwanda has pulled out of the African Court on Human and People's Rights on the grounds that the country has competent courts to try all local cases involving human rights, an… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Opposition Figure Victoire Ingabire to Appear Before African Court
Nation, 26 February 2016
Rwanda's opposition figure Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza is to appear before the Arusha-based African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights next week. Read more »
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East Africa:
Future of Opposition Parties Bleak
East African, 2 January 2016
The future of opposition parties in East Africa looks bleak, with funding, governance challenges and harassment by ruling parties making it difficult for them to sell their agenda… Read more »
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Africa:
Rwanda and the Folly of Popular Democracy
New Zimbabwe, 26 December 2015
I have always believed that dictators are not born, but made over a long period of time. Read more »
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Rwanda:
The Netherlands Blocks Deportation of Genocide Suspects
News of Rwanda, 28 November 2015
The Netherlands has blocked extradition of two Rwandan genocide suspects Jean Baptiste Mugimba and Jean Claude Iyamuremye. A Dutch court in The Hague ruled Friday that the two… Read more »
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Rwanda:
We Won't Let Anyone Take Rwanda Back, MPs Tell Dutch Counterparts
New Times, 19 August 2015
Members of the Chamber of Deputies' Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Security, yesterday, told their counterparts from The Netherlands that no one will be… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Media Houses Ordered to Retract Story On Ingabire
New Times, 15 August 2014
Three news outlets were yesterday ordered to retract a story that was adjudged by the Rwanda Media Commission to be defamatory against an incarcerated politician. Read more »