NGOs File Rwanda Genocide Lawsuit Against French Bank BNP

Three non-governmental associations said Thursday that they had filed a lawsuit against BNP Paribas accusing the bank of “complicity” in the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi minority in Rwanda. The groups accuse the French bank of financing the purchase of “80 tonnes of arms used to carry out genocide” by the Hutu regime, even though … Read more

Rwanda Ex-Minister Genocide Conviction To Be Reviewed

A UN tribunal has agreed to review its appeals judgement against a former Rwandan minister found guilty of genocide crimes, a case blocked for months by the detention of one of the court’s top judges. In a statement released Monday the UN’s Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals said in a rare legal move it would … Read more