From the Toronto Sun:
Members of Toronto’s Peruvian and Rwandan communities are applauding Ottawa for rounding up war crimes suspects.
Four arrests, three of which were made in the GTA, are adding to the government’s credibility, community members say.
“We have no problems with the government arresting Peruvians,” Jesus Aburto, of the Peruvian Canadian Cultural Association, said [...]
Arrests of war crimes suspects applauded
August 23/2011
Former Rwanda Minister becomes first ever female genocide convict
The international Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has just announced guilty verdicts in a case involving a woman minister of the interim Rwandan Government which presided over the 1994 genocide: 65 year-old Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, formerly the Minister of Family and Women’s Affairs.
Pauline is the first woman ever convicted of genocide [...]
The international Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has just announced guilty verdicts in a case involving a woman minister of the interim Rwandan Government which presided over the 1994 genocide: 65 year-old Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, formerly the Minister of Family and Women’s Affairs.
Pauline is the first woman ever convicted of genocide [...]
Head of Khmer Rouge prison sentenced in Cambodia: Survivors and civil parties respond to trial verdict
July 27/2010
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), established to prosecute atrocities committed in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, have sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, to 35 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity. The 67-year-old the former schoolteacher worked for the Khmer Rouge as head of the Tuol [...]
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), established to prosecute atrocities committed in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, have sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, to 35 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity. The 67-year-old the former schoolteacher worked for the Khmer Rouge as head of the Tuol [...]
New report: Sudan unprepared for risk surrounding referendum
With six months until a referendum on Southern independence, Sudan is alarmingly unprepared according to a new report published today by a global coalition of 26 humanitarian and human rights organisations. The report calls for urgent action from African heads of state who will meet shortly at a major summit of [...]
With six months until a referendum on Southern independence, Sudan is alarmingly unprepared according to a new report published today by a global coalition of 26 humanitarian and human rights organisations. The report calls for urgent action from African heads of state who will meet shortly at a major summit of [...]
