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Did
Annan shut down terror investigation?
It appears that UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan was himself implicated when a UN chief prosecutor shut
down an investigation of the terrorist attack that ten years ago to the
day sparked the Rwanda genocide. Annan spokesman rejects claims (Danish
daily Information, April 6, 2004)
Phone
call from Rwanda
The day Michael Hourigan borrowed the US embassy’s phone
to tell his boss about the breakthrough in the investigation into the
terrorist act that triggered the greatest mass murder of modern times,
he probably set in motion a chain reaction he had never dreamt of. A few
weeks later the investigation had been suspended. The powers above him
in the UN had decided that the truth of the Rwandan genocide could not
bear the light of day (Danish daily Information, April 6, 2004)
One
minute of silence (leading article)
One minute of silence. That is what UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan wants all human beings to observe Wednesday at noon local time
in each time zone in respect of the victims of the most comprehensive
and efficient mass murder of modern times (...) (Danish daily Information,
April 6, 2004)
ICTR
Prosecutor Rejects Allegations of Kagame Arrest Warrant
The Chief Prosecutor at the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday rejected allegations
that a French judge is planning to call for an international arrest warrant
against Rwandan President Paul Kagame (...) (The
Rwanda Newsline October 30, 2000)
Chief
Prosecutor Vows Clean-Up at UN Tribunal
Well-informed sources at the UN International Criminal
Tribunal for Rwanda have confirmed that the UN body is suffering from
nepotism, and the leadership of the Tribunal are having an internal power
struggle to employ as many friends and connections as possible, although
these are often completely useless and have never done any investigative
work before then (The Rwanda Newsline May 29,
2000)
ICTR:
Chief Prosecutor Promises a Clean-Up at the Rwanda Tribunal
Carla Del Ponte confirms that the Tribunal
has many problems. The removal of incompetent leaders has already begun
(Danish daily Aktuelt April 18, 2000, written
in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
Rwanda
Tribunal Suffering from Nepotism
Internal struggles and nepotism weaken the hunt for
those who are responsible for the Genocide (Danish
daily Aktuelt April 18, 2000, written in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
The
Rwanda Genocide Seen in a New Light: New Critical Investigation of Rwanda
Massacres
The Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal
Tribunal in the Hague wants a secret UN-report on the massacres in Rwanda
handed over. She considers re-opening investigation of mysterious plane
crash (Danish daily Aktuelt April 17, 2000,
written in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
Rwandan
Government Suspected of War Crimes
One of the darlings of the West in Central Africa,
Rwandas Defence Minister, risks indictment for crimes against humanity
(Danish daily Aktuelt April 17, 2000, written
in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
Ideologist
Behind Genocide Might Walk Away Scot-free: Mess at Rwanda Tribunal
A group of international experts are stopping
their cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
because they protest that everything at the Tribunal is being done in
a narrow-minded and amateurish way (Danish daily Aktuelt March 15,
2000, written in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
Secret
Investigation at UN Tribunal: Rwandan Government Facing Accusations
A small team of investigators from the UN's
war crimes Tribunal for Rwanda defies threats from the country's government
and search for evidence that the Tutsi-dominated rebel group RPF, which
seized power after the Genocide in 1994, itself committed massacres on
Hutus during the war (Danish daily Aktuelt February
23, 2000)
International
Tribunal Blackmailed by Rwandan Government: Do Not Wish To Have Own Crimes
Exposed
In a wave of arrests Rwandan officers are now being
remanded in custody in connection with accusations of mass killing committed
under the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Most recently in Denmark, where
a 38-year old man has been imprisoned in Skjern (Danish town). But the
UN's war crimes tribunal for Rwanda is not impartial, investigators say
- the tribunal is being blackmailed by Rwanda's government (Danish
daily Aktuelt February 17, 2000, written in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
Tribunal
in Crisis
Justice and legal settlement after the Genocide in
Rwanda delayed by ineffective war crimes Tribunal (Danish
daily Aktuelt February 17, 2000, written in co-operation with Gunnar Willum)
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