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Members of Press and Content Creators follow President Paul Kagame's remarks during the press conference on Monday, August 24. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Employers who fail to pay workers must be held accountable - Kagame

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Justice minister Emmanuel Ugirashebuja appears before senators on July 23. He said the government is considering removing statutory time limits for prosecuting human trafficking offences. Photo: Courtesy.
Law

Govt considers removing time limit on human trafficking prosecutions

Saturday, July 25, 2026
Genocide financier Felicien Kabuga during his trial at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague. He died in custody on May 16, 2026, while hospitalized in The Hague, Netherland
Crime

UN report into Kabuga’s death: where does it leave genocide survivors?

Monday, July 20, 2026
The New Times
Law

Courts: What happens when litigants don't speak Kinyarwanda? 

Saturday, July 18, 2026
Eugène Rwamucyo, a genocide suspect who lives in France. French prosecutors have requested the Paris Assize Court of Appeal to sentence Dr. Eugène Rwamucyo to 30 years in prison. Courtesy
Crime

French appeals court upholds 27-year sentence for Rwamucyo over Genocide

Saturday, July 18, 2026
Billy Cheung, businessman, investor and Chairman of Master Assets Investments during the interview in Kigali. Courtesy
Crime

Court starts trial of businessman Billy Cheung

Monday, July 13, 2026
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison in Mageragere Sector in Kigali. The Minister said that Plea bargaining also has become another tool for reducing pressure on courts. Since the new policy, 35,878 criminal cases have been resolved through plea bargaining. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

What has Rwanda achieved four years after new criminal justice policy?

Thursday, July 09, 2026
Inmates during ICT class at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

The missing middle: Rwanda's next access to justice conversation

Wednesday, July 08, 2026
Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere, a senior commander of the Kinshasa-backed genocidal militia, FDLR, was, on March 1, 2025, handed to Rwandan officials by AFC-M23 rebels. FDLR is the most enduring organized manifestation of the ideology that fueled the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

We are misreading the FDLR threat: It is dangerous incubator of genocide ideology, not just an armed group

Friday, June 26, 2026
Z listens intently as the trial judges find him guilty of genocide and extermination, ICTR, 18 December 2008. courtesy of UNICTR
Crime

Protais Zigiranyirazo: The rise and fall of ‘Monsieur Z’ - a cautionary tale of greed and power

Friday, June 26, 2026
Panelists engage in a discussion at the workshop. Discussions focused on key human rights issues, including civic space and democratic participation, economic security and livelihood protection, access to justice, gender equality, social protection. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Never Again Rwanda forum hails human rights progress, urges action on remaining gaps

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Juvenile inmates pose for a group photo before sitting for national examinations at Nyagatare Juvenile Prison. In Rwanda, children aged between 14 and 18 can be held criminally responsible for offences they commit. Courtesy photo.
Society

Child detention to be used as ‘last resort’ in new policy

Tuesday, June 23, 2026