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Furono circa 800.000 le vittime del genocidio del 1994
800,000 were killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide
RWANDA. VILLAGE COURTS COULD PASS DEATH SENTENCES, DAILY TELEGRAPH

April 9, 2006: human rights groups claim that the village courts, set up in Rwanda in 2001 to deal with a crippling backlog of genocide cases, are being hijacked by villagers using the pretence of genocide allegations to settle land disputes and family feuds. In the country's Gikongoro province, a genocide suspect was brought to trial recently for raping a woman who, it later emerged, had falsely accused him because he owed her family money. Known as gacaca - the Rwandan word for the grass on which many of these hearings take place outdoors - the courts combine traditional tribal practices with modern legal concepts.
Presided over by elected "wise persons", no defence lawyers or prosecutors are allowed to take part in the hearings. Instead, the public can interrupt, either for or against the accused. Nevertheless, the judges, often relatives of suspects or victims, can hand down sentences of up to 30 years.
"Given the very basic legal background the judges have, and the enormous pressure they are under to get this process finished, the chances to abuse the system are very high," said Hugo Jombwe-Moudiki, the head of mission in Rwanda for Lawyers Without Borders, the Belgian human rights group. With fewer than 13,000 people tried, out of an estimated 750,000 suspects, the government is pushing for results from the country's 10,000 gacaca courts, which have been working only in a limited way but are about to operate fully nationwide.
In an effort to speed up the process, the government announced recently that it was planning to give the gacaca jurisdiction to try "category one" suspects, which include those involved in orchestrating the genocide.
The change in the law would give village judges the power to hand down the death sentence and has led to protests from Belgium - the former colonial power - and other European donor governments. A final decision on the law is expected soon.
"Victims want to see justice done," said Mr Jombwe-Moudiki. "But if you force unprofessional judges to come up with results no matter what, it's going to lead to the kind of mayhem we are already starting to see."
Controversy over the possible use of the death sentence by gacaca judges has also stalled the progress of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The main suspects - those accused of masterminding the killing - are on trial in the neighbouring Tanzanian town of Arusha.
Since it was set up in 1994, the United Nations-mandated court has convicted just 20 people and acquitted three, but requests to transfer some of the trials to Rwanda to speed up the process have met opposition from defence lawyers who want immunity from the death sentence for their clients. (Sources: www.telegraph.co.uk, 09/04/2006)

AFGHANISTAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANDAHAR FOR ABDUCTION AND MURDER
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CHINA. FALUN GONG BODIES CARVED UP FOR ORGANS
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
INDIA. WOMAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR BURNING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE URGES RUSSIA TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS PHILIPPINE LEADER'S RESTRAINT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
PAKISTAN. FIVE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
SOUTH KOREA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, CATHOLIC, OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS URGE GOVERNMENT
IRAQ. 12 ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
UNITED STATES. MOUSSAOUI MAY BE EXECUTED FOR 9/11 CRIMES
ALGERIA. DEATH PENALTY TO APPEAR IN NEW PENAL CODE
CHINA. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED BY LOWER COURTS
TEXAS, USA. MURDER RATE INCREASES IN STATE WITH HIGHEST EXECUTION RATE
BOTSWANA. MAN SECRETLY PUT TO DEATH IN APRIL 2006

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