RWANDA DEMOCRACY WATCH

A timely letter from Kansas may have kept a Wichita lawyer out of jail last week in central Africa. Kurt Kerns has traveled to Rwanda during the past year to interview witnesses in a federal case in Wichita involving a Kansas man accused of participating...

No swift trial for Kagame rival Share Bookmark Print Email Email this article to a friend Friend's Email Address Your Email Message Submit Cancel Rating Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire. Photo/FILE By JOSH KRON (email the author) Your Email...

Erlinder essay on Rwanda has defense nervous In 2008, St. Paul law Prof. Peter Erlinder acknowledged that under the African nation's strict laws against questioning its history of genocide, "I too am a criminal." He wasn't exaggerating. Neither are the...

Persecution of independent newspapers extended to online versions Published on 11 June 2010 In the same country 26 April 2010 - Editor of bi-monthly acquitted on appeal 14 April 2010 - Two leading independent weeklies suspended for six months 23 February...

Rwanda arrests football head on way to World Cup Page last updated at 11:07 GMT, Friday, 11 June 2010 12:07 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Jean Bosco Kazura served in Sudan's Darfur region The head of Rwanda's Football Federation, Brig-Gen...

U.S. House Resolution Urging Rwanda to Free Law Professor Peter Erlinder Posted by Ann Garrison at 5:51 PM Congresswoman Betty McCollum represents Professor Peter Erlinder in Minnesota's 4th District. Congressman Keith Ellison, D-MN, represents Minnesota's...

June 10, 2010 ICTR defense lawyers call for release of US lawyer, threaten boycott 06/10/10: Jurist reports that more than 30 defense lawyers from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda released a joint statement Tuesday calling for the release...

U.S. Criminal Defense Bar Challenges Rwandan Pres. Kagame: End the Campaign of Intimidation against Defense Lawyers Washington, DC ( June 10, 2010 ) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) condemns the unrelenting intimidation of...

Friday, June 11, 2010 Group Unites To Rally Against Anti-Democracy Tactics in Rwanda Group Unites To Rally Against Anti-Democracy Tactics in Rwanda Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Immaculee Uwayezu, Friends of UDF-Inkingi America; 443-980-4675...

Kiboko Squad whips Besigye Submit Cancel BATTLE: The scuffle in which Dr Besigye (L) was caned by members of the Kiboko Squad (extreme right) in Kampala yesterday. PHOTOS BY ISAAC KASAMANI & YUSUF MUZIRANSA By Gerald Bareebe (email the author) Posted...