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5 Oct 2011, 11:44 am
This belated report just in by slow boat: In a brief filed on August 29, the Justice Department asserted immunity on behalf of President of Rwanda Paul Kagame in an Alien Tort Statute suit brought against Kagame in federal court in Oklahoma. [read post]
31 Oct 2015, 8:53 am
[JURIST] Rwanda's lower house of Parliament [official website] on Thursday voted to extend the term of President Paul Kagame [official website] beyond 2017, a move opposed by the UN and other aid providers. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 3:00 am
Interpretation of the Supreme Court's recent decision respecting immunity claims of foreign officials will keep Rwandan President Paul Kagame (right) free from U.S. judicial scrutiny -- at least from that of the U.S. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 10:41 am
Paul Kagame (left) has been newly re-elected President of Rwanda with 93% of the vote.Despite that suspiciously high number, government electoral officials reported that the process functioned properly, without irregularities.It is hard to cry foul -- except that no one else was allowed to compete.Leading up to the election, all signs pointed to serious political repression. [read post]
7 Aug 2010, 10:08 am
RUTH WEDGWOOD: Paul Kagame and Rwanda’s Faux Democracy. [read post]
24 Nov 2006, 12:42 pm
[JURIST] The government of Rwanda cut diplomatic ties with France Friday in protest at a French judge's recommendation that Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website] face trial [JURIST report] in connection with the 1994 downing of a plane carrying then-President Juvenal Habyariman [Wikipedia profile], whose death triggered a genocide that killed over 800,000 people. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 12:19 am
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Rwandan President Paul Kagame met on the sidelines of the General Assembly''s high-level debate, during which they discussed a range of issues, including maternal and child health. [read post]
16 Mar 2004, 11:52 am
In international law news Tuesday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said in an interview on French radio that the French "directly" took part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide by providing weapons and giving orders to those who perpetrated the genocide. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 6:38 am
[JURIST] Rwandan President Paul Kagame [BBC profile] has pardoned former President Pasteur Bizimungu [BBC profile], freeing him Friday from a 15-year prison sentence [JURIST report] handed down in 2004 for inciting violence, embezzlement, organizing a militia, and associating with criminals. [read post]
6 Dec 2006, 6:14 am
[JURIST] Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] publicly alleged Wednesday that France supported the 1994 genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder] that wracked the African nation. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 7:53 am
Kagame has denied any involvement in [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 7:53 am
[JURIST] A report compiled by a French court appeared Tuesday to clear Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] of accusations that he orchestrated the 1994 assassination of the country's then-leader Juvenal Habyarimana [NYT profile]. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 12:10 pm
[JURIST] Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] Wednesday derided the recommendation of French anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere [BBC profile] that he stand trial for the 1994 killing of former president Juvenal Habyarimana [Wikipedia profile] as "bullying and arrogant. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 8:10 am
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court [official website; JURIST backgrounder] on Friday received requests to investigate Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official profile] for backing armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 6:42 pm
As the Guardian reports, Kagame’s longstanding — and remarkably flagrant — support for Bosco Ntaganda’s M23 rebel group in the Congo seems to have caught up with him: The head of the US war crimes office has warned Rwanda‘s leaders, including President Paul Kagame, that they could face prosecution at the international criminal court for arming groups responsible for atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
19 Dec 2015, 1:23 pm
The referendum [Telegraph report] will allow President Paul Kagame [offiical profile] to serve another seven-year term beginning in 2017 and then two more five-year terms. [read post]
11 Aug 2010, 4:58 am
on Paul Kagame’s rapid descent into authoritarianism. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 5:58 pm
[JURIST] German prosecutors announced Monday that they will extradite an aide to Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website] to France on Wednesday in connection with the 1994 assassination [NYT report] of then-Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarima that led to the Rwanda genocide [HRW backgrounder]. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 8:01 am
Conflict mediation efforts will be far more successful if they are home-grown and harness the capacities of young people and regional groups or institutions, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the opening of the General Assembly’s annual general debate yesterday. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 1:40 pm
This follows Rwandan cabinet approval at the beginning of the year of the bill put forward by President Paul Kagame. [read post]
