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Rwanda immigrant faces post-genocide fraud charges in U.S

Wednesday 22nd February 2012

42-year-old immigrant from Rwanda, who is accused of lying her way into the United States after allegedly participating in the 1994 genocide that left up ove 1,000,000 people dead, is going on trial in a New Hampshire federal court.

Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday in the case of Beatrice Munyenyezi, who allegedly committed fraud in 1995 by denying her alleged involvement in mass rape, murder and kidnappings in Rwanda a year earlier.

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Over 30,000 Genocide Victims to Get Decent Burial At New Site

Tuesday 21st February 2012

Bodies of over 30,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi killed at Cyanika Parish, Nyamagabe District will be reburied at a new memorial site in the same area on Sunday, February, 26.

The new memorial site was constructed at a cost of Rwf22 million.
According to Venuste Kanamugire, an official with Genocide survivors' umbrella group, Ibuka, at Cyanika Sector, the victims were killed by Interahamwe militias and later buried in mass graves, but were not accorded a decent burial.

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Talk shows committee 3rd Preparatory Meeting held at CNLG for the 18th Commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi

Tuesday 21st February 2012

A joint meeting aimed at preparing talk shows for the Commemoration of the 18th Genocide against Tutsi was organized this Tuesday at the CNLG Headquarters. Participants included people from different institutions as well as the CNLG staff. This meeting was chaired by Mr. KARENGERA Ildephonse Director of memory and prevention of Genocide of CNLG.

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SECOND MEETING ON TEACHING GENOCIDE HISTORY IN RWANDAN SCHOOLS HELD AT CNLG

Thursday 16th February 2012

SECOND MEETING ON TEACHING GENOCIDE HISTORY IN RWANDAN SCHOOLS HELD AT CNLG

On this February 16th, 2012, the National Commission for the Fight against genocide (CNLG) organized a consultative meeting with its partners in order to continue mulling how the history about the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in 1994 can be introduced and well taught in the current education system.

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Rwanda forms special court for extradited suspects

Thursday 16th February 2012

KIGALI — Rwanda's high court has created an international crimes chamber to try extradited suspects, including those transferred from the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, a statement said Thursday.

The genocide-scarred African country has been seeking the transfer of suspects from other countries. The new chamber will have six judges, said the statement by the judiciary.

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PROSECUTION SUPPORTS SURVIVORS REQUEST OVER " INADEQUATE" SENTENCES

Wednesday 15th February 2012

The prosecution has supported the application by two leading victims' rights groups, who are asking the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to hear them, saying certain sentences imposed by the trial court are "grossly inadequate".

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UN genocide tribunal in Rwanda elects new officials

Wednesday 15th February 2012

The United Nations tribunal dealing with the worst war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda announced today that it has elected a new President and Vice-President.
Judge Vagn Joensen from Denmark will be the next President of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and Judge Florence Rita Arrey from Cameroon was chosen as Vice-President.

Judge Joensen replaces Judge Khalida Rachid Khan from Pakistan, and Judge Arrey succeeds Judge Joensen. The newly elected officials will assume their duties on 2 March and 14 February, respectively.

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Over 100 Genocide survivors benefit from loan waivers

Tuesday 14th February 2012

Local commercial banks have, so far, waived loans amounting to over Rwf 76 million which children whose parents perished during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi had acquired.

Speaking to The New Times yesterday, the Executive Secretary of the Fund for the Support of Genocide Survivors (FARG), Theophile Ruberangeyo, said the identification of the genocide survivors with loans started in 2000 and several banks agreed to waive the loans.

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Rwanda genocide survivor to host talk on book 'Shake Hands with the Devil' at MCCC

Monday 13th February 2012

WEST WINDSOR — Mercer County Community College’s Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center will host a talk on Romeo Dallaire’s book “Shake Hands with the Devil,” led by Rwandan genocide survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana, on Feb. 29.

Mukeshimana is the founder of the Genocide Survivors Support Network, whose mission is to help genocide survivors rebuild their lives, and to educate communities about the crime of genocide. She emigrated to the United States in 2001 with her daughter and is a graduate of the College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y.

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2010-2011 CNLG report presented to a joint parliamentary session

Friday 10th February 2012

The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) presented its 2010-2011 report to a joint parliamentary session, on Wednesday, which disclosed that only about 2,000 survivors made it to higher institutions of learning.

The report indicates that over 12,000 survivors who completed their secondary school education failed to get government sponsorship in the last few years and are stranded due to lack of funds to support them to attain higher education.

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