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Hutu refugees fear forced return to Rwanda

Nearly two decades after the Rwandan genocide, thousands of refugees living in a camp in Uganda say they fear being forced to return to their home country.The ethnic Hutu refugees told The Associated Press from a refugee camp in Nakivale, Uganda that they consider Rwanda unsafe for them.Uganda hosts thousands of Rwandan refugees. But 8,000 Rwandans will cease being refugees with legal protection in just over two months. Hutu refugees say they fear reprisal attacks by Tutsis inside Rwanda. During the 1994 genocide, at least 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in a campaign of mass murder orchestrated by Hutu extremists.Rwanda's government said in a statement Friday that refugees who hesitate to return home lack information on the current situation in Rwanda....

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  1. Protests in Rwanda over genocide acquittals

    Hundreds of Rwandans marched to the offices of the United Nations tribunal set up to try key cases related to Rwanda's 1994 genocide to protest the court's decision ...

  2. Rwanda puts outspoken Hutu presidential candidate on trial to avoid backslide to genocide

    KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — When presidential hopeful Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu, returned to Rwanda after a long absence she immediately visited a memorial to Tutsis kille...

  3. UN marks 18th anniversary of Rwanda genocide , hears calls for capture of fugitive killers

    Top diplomats observed a minute of silence Wednesday after lighting five white candles in memory of more than 500,000 people killed in the Rwandan genocide 18 years ...

  4. Genocide trial to be held in Rwanda for first time after Tanzania court transfers suspect

    The first genocide suspect to be transferred by an international genocide tribunal to Rwanda has arrived in the country's capital.Rwandan officials said the transfer...

  5. US immigrant's dream ends in NH, accused of aiding Rwanda genocide

    Beatrice Munyenyezi brought her three daughters to the United States from war-ravaged Rwanda in 1998 and focused on the American Dream: private schooling for her gir...

  6. UN court reduces 1 sentence, affirms 2 others in 1994 Rwanda genocide cases

    A U.N. appeals chamber overseeing cases related to Rwanda's genocide on Tuesday reduced one sentence and reaffirmed two others against the ring leaders of the 100-da...

  7. NH judge declares mistrial in Rwanda genocide case

    A federal judge declared a mistrial in the case of a New Hampshire woman accused of lying to obtain U.S. citizenship by denying her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide ...

  8. Rwanda prosecutor says he will charge US lawyer 'in near future' for genocide denial

    Rwanda's top prosecutor said Monday that he is ready to file charges against an American law professor and force the U.S. citizen back to Rwanda to face proceedings ...

  9. Rwandan Immigrant Faces Genocide Allegations in Home Country

    CONCORD, New Hampshire -- Beatrice Munyenyezi brought her three daughters to the United States from war-ravaged Rwanda in 1998 and focused on the American Dream: pri...

  10. Rwandan judge turns down bail application by US lawyer charged with denying Rwandan genocide

    KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan judge turns down bail application by U.S. lawyer charged with denying Rwandan genocide.

  11. UN rights office tones down Congo 'genocide' report following protests by Rwanda , Uganda

    The United Nations has toned down a report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period but left intact the suggestion tha...

  12. Genocide court for Rwanda sentences ex-army chief to 30 years for ordering killings

    A court has sentenced Rwanda's former army chief to 30 years in prison for ordering killings during the 1994 genocide.The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ...

  1. French team arrives in Rwanda to investigate plane crash that sparked 1994 genocide

    KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — French investigators said Monday they will try to find out who shot down the plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi in 1994, spark...

  2. Witness in Rwandan genocide -linked case, Abdul Ruzibiza, dies at 40 in Norway after illness

    OSLO, Norway (AP) — Abdul Ruzibiza, a former captain of a Tutsi rebel group and key witness in a French judge's investigation into a 1994 attack that triggered the R...

  3. Jury finds Kan. man lied about where he lived during Rwandan genocide , not that he took part

    A case that prosecutors say was the first in the U.S. to require proof of genocide ended with jurors unconvinced that a Kansas man lied about his role in the 1994 Rw...

  4. Kansas jury convicts man accused of role in Rwandan genocide of lying on US immigration forms

    A federal jury convicted an 84-year-old Kansas man on Tuesday of lying on his immigration forms about his whereabouts during the Rwanda genocide, but it did not find...

  5. Rwandan judge turns down bail application by US lawyer charged with denying Rwandan genocide

    KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan judge Monday turned down a bail application by an American lawyer charged with denying Rwanda's 1994 genocide and publishing articles...

  6. Rwanda dismayed by genocide court acquittals

    Rwanda is expressing dismay over the decision of the International Criminal Tribunal to acquit two former Cabinet ministers on genocide charges.Rwanda's Prosecutor G...

  7. Organizer of Rwandan Genocide Sentenced to Life in Prison

    A U.N. court convicted the organizer of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that left more than 500,000 people dead and sentenced him to life in prison Thursday along with two...

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