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Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) Rwanda Sommaire / Contents RWANDA: UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S WEEKLY BULLETIN 96.8.5........................3 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: SHARP INCREASE IN KILLINGS 96.8.12...................6 RWANDA: USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT #2 FY 1996 96.8.9.................................................9 RWANDA: PRESS COMMUNIQUE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA 96.8.10.....................19 RWANDA: ICTR INDICT THEONESTE BAGOSORA AND ANDRE NTAGERURA 96.8.13............21 RWANDA: AMNESTY FEARS FOR THREE JOURNALISTS 96.08.08...........................................23 RWANDA: UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S WEEKLY BULLETIN 96.8.19.....................27 RWANDA: FRENCH COURT REJECTS SUIT AGAINST RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS 96.9.6........29 RWANDA: UN SECURITY COUNCIL LIFTS ARMS RESTRICTIONS ON RWANDA 96.9.11.........32 RWANDA: AFRICAN RIGHTS PRESS RELEASE ON JEAN-PAUL AKAYESU 96.9.24..................34 RWANDA: GENOCIDE: ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN (HRW AND FIDH) 96.9.24.........................54 RWANDA: MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES SUR SUD-KIVU 96.9.17...........................58 RWANDA: UNHCR EXCLUDES 20 RWANDANS FROM REFUGEE STATUS 96.9.24....................61 RWANDA: PRESS BRIEFING BY JUDGE GOLDSTONE, PROSECUTOR OF ICTR 96.9.30..........63 RWANDA: WFP SEED CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN RWANDA 96.10.4..........................................67 RWANDA: ICTR: INITIAL APPEARANCE OF OBED RUZINDANA 29 OCT 96 96.10.29................69 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: "FI002 97 UNFAIR TRIAL" 97.1.13............................71 RWANDA: UN PRESS RELEASE ON INCIDENT IN GISENYI 97.1.15 (FWD)...............................75 RWANDA: STATEMENT FROM THE UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR 97.1.20...........................77 RWANDA: ICRC NEWS - REFUGEES RETURN TO KAMEMBER 97.1.22...................................79 RWANDA: INTERNATIONAL NGO STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN RWANDA 97.2.11...............81 RWANDA: IRIN SPECIAL FEATURE ON RWANDAN TRIALS 19 FEB 97 97.2.19.........................82 1 CONFERENCE ON PEACE, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT HELD IN KIGALI.........................89 RWANDA: ICTR TRIAL OF RUTAGANDA POSTPONED UNTIL 18 MARCH 97.3.6.....................91 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL "UNFAIR TRIAL" 97.6.2.............................................93 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL "DEATH PENALTY/UNFAIR TRIAL" 97.6.3...............98 RWANDA: TWO WFP STAFF SHOT DEAD 18 JUN 1997 97.6.18................................................105 RWANDA: WFP NEWS RELEASE 97.8.1...................................................................................107 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - MASSACRES OF UNARMED CIVILIANS...............110 RWANDA: HRW CONDEMNS REFUGEE MASSACRE IN GISENYI 26 AUGUST 1997 97.8.26....113 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT (SUMMARY) 25 SEP 97 97.9.25..................117 RWANDA: UNHRFOR REPORT JULY-AUGUST 1997 2 OCT 97 97.10.2......................................119 RWANDA: WFP NEWS RELEASE 22 OCT 97 97.10.22...............................................................124 RWANDA: STATEMENT BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 97.12.8......126 RWANDA: UNHCR CONDEMNS "BARBARIC" ATTACK AT MUDENDE 97.12.12.....................128 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTL: "THE DEAD CAN NO LONGER BE COUNTED" 97.12.19............130 RWANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - FIDH URGE MUDENDE INVESTIGATION 97.12.19.....133 RWANDA: ICTR UPDATE 005 15 JANUARY 1998 98.1.15...........................................................135 RWANDA: UNHCR EVACUATES REFUGEES FROM NORTHWEST 98.1.23.............................137 RWANDA: ICTR PRESS RELEASE - ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF HASSAN NGEZE 98.1.26.......139 RWANDA: AMNESTY INTL ACCUSES UGANDAN PRESIDENT 98.1.26....................................141 RWANDA: ICTR PRESS RELEASE ON RUTAGANDA TRIAL 98.3.3..........................................144 RWANDA: AMNESTY DESCRIBES "ALARMING DISAPPEARANCES" 98.3.13........................146 RWANDA: THREE ACT-LWF STAFF MEMBERS KILLED IN RWANDA 98.3.13.......................149 2 Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 23:01:51 +0300 (GMT+0300) From: UN DHA IRIN <[email protected]> Subject: Rwanda: UN Humanitarian Coordinator's Weekly Bulletin 96.8.5 Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] (Multiple recipients of UN DHA IRIN Wire Service) Reply-to: [email protected] MIME-version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk X-To: [email protected] OFFICE OF THE UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR c/o UNDP B.P. 445 Kigali Rwanda Tel: +250 73316 Fax: +250 73360 e-mail: [email protected] RWANDA WEEKLY BULLETIN 31 July to 5 August 1996 Repatriation to Rwanda In the month of July, UNHCR reports that there were 2,672 returnees, of which 1,033 were old caseload and 1,639 were new caseload. This is the lowest amount of returnees since the beginning of the year. Of the total of 2,672 returnees, 1,422 came from Zaire, 609 from Burundi, 453 from Uganda, and 188 from Tanzania. In addition, there was a total of 15,101 Rwandan refugees forcefully repatriated from Burundi, nearly all in the period 19 to 23 July. These returnees have now been transported by UNHCR and IOM from the transit centre in Butare Prefecture to their home communes. Among the group were 154 unaccompanied children. Care for these children and tracing of family members was carried out by ICRC, SCF(UK) and Concern. By the end of July, family members had been found for over half of the unaccompanied children. Almost 2,800 Rwandan refugees voluntarily repatriated from Burundi to Rwanda between 1 and 4 August. The majority of these refugees arrived on 1st and 2nd August, with numbers falling off considerably after these dates. These refugees came from Magara camp in Burundi where following meetings between UNHCR staff, local authorities and refugee leaders, a 3 sensitization effort for voluntary repatriation started on the 29th July. The population of Magara camp had risen from 42,000 to 53,000 when more than 11,000 refugees fled there following the closure and forced repatriation from Kibezi and Ruvumu camps in Burundi. Refugees from Burundi and Zaire Refugees from Burundi have continued to arrive in small numbers to Cyangugu Prefecture, bringing the total number of refugees at the Bugerama Communal office to 3,734 as of 31 July. These refugees first began to arrive in Rwanda on 28 June. A more permanent site for the refugees has not yet been identified. WFP is providing food assistance to the refugees. UNHCR reports that as of 31 July there were 15,875 Zairian asylum seekers in Rwanda, an increase of 232 over the figures for June. There are approximately 13,500 Zairian refugees at the Petit Barriere/Umubano refugee camp in Gisenyi. All the remaining refugees from the Nkamira transit centre have been transferred to the camp. WFP has provided the third round of general food distribution at the camp, with increased food rations for all refugees. The distribution was carried out by IFRC and the Rwandan Red Cross. MSF-Belgium and MERLIN are assisting with nutrition and health programmes respectively at the camp. Prisons During July, ICRC registered of 2,663 new detainees, mainly in temporary places of detention. This brings the total number of detainees registered by ICRC to 80,259 in 255 places of detention. ICRC reports that its medical teams are increasingly concerned by the effect of overcrowding on the health of detainees, particularly in the temporary places of detention, such as communal cachots. FAO activities FAO has approved two new projects under its Technical Cooperation Programme. One US$333,000 project will provide methodological assistance to the reorganizations of agricultural extension, while the other project, with a US$170,000 budget, will assist in relaunching the production of rural radio programmes. UNDP Human Development Report The 1996 UNDP Human Development Report will be launched by UNDP Kigali in collaboration with the National University of Rwanda in Butare on 8 August. UNDP plans to sponsor, also in collaboration with the National University, a study leading to a national human development report for Rwanda. WFP Food Distribution WFP has distributed 4,486 mts of food assistance to some 266,023 beneficiaries throughout the country in the month of July . Over 60% of these food assistance was channeled through 4 food-for-work and income-generating activities. The remainder was targeted at populations at risk, returnees in transit centres, refugees, and the malnourished. New UNDP Resident Representative Arrives Mr Omar Bakhet, the new Resident Representative of UNDP, arrived in Kigali on 5 August and assumed his duties. Mr Bakhet is also UN Humanitarian Coordinator and UN Designated Official for Security. ______ [ENDS] [This document is distributed via the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network. Tel: +254 2 441125; Fax: +254 2 448816; e-mail: [email protected]. The material contained in this communication may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.] 5 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 09:12:27 +0300 (GMT+0300) From: UN DHA IRIN <[email protected]> Subject: Rwanda: Amnesty International: Sharp Increase in Killings 96.8.12 Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] (Multiple recipients of UN DHA IRIN Wire Service) Reply-to: [email protected] MIME-version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk X-To: [email protected] This News Service is posted by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, 1 Easton Street, London WC1X 8DJ (Tel +44-71-413-5500, Fax +44-71-956-1157) ********************