Arusha, 2 July 2009 (FH)-The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today convicted a Rwandan lawyer, Leonidas Nshogoza, of the contempt of court and sentenced him to ten months jail, which however, was deducted from the already 15 months the accused had spent in the detention in Arusha waiting for the judgement.

Bern, 1 July 2009 (FH) - Switzerland will not extradite a Rwandan national accused in his native country for 1994 genocide and war crimes, reports Hirondelle Agency.

Kigali, 1 July 2009 (FH) - A semi-traditional court in Kigali sentenced Monday to life in imprisonment in isolation two men found guilty of rape during the 1994 genocide, reports Hirondelle Agency.

Arusha, 1 July 2009 (FH) - Nine persons, convicted by the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their roles in the 1994 genocide, were secretly transferred on Saturday to Benin to serve their sentences under the terms of an agreement signed with the United Nations, reports Hirondelle Agency.

Arusha, 30 June, 2009 (FH) - The ‘One dollar campaign' launched in Rwanda on April 4, 2009 aiming at raising funds to support orphans of the 1994 Rwandan genocide has so far collected a total cash worth 500 million Rwandan Francs ( 1 mil. US dollars), according to the report published Tuesday by the Rwandan daily New Times, reports Hirondelle Agency.