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Home Office stops units making asylum decisions to prepare for small boats bill despite huge backlog

Exclusive: Two units to retrain as ‘detention decision-makers’ and told to refer to asylum seekers as ‘illegal entrants’

The Independent UK

Home Office admits spending £1.3m fighting Rwanda legal battles – and costs still rising

More money to be spent on continuing fight at Court of Appeal, after £140m given to Rwandan government

The Independent UK

Rwanda: Paul Kagame is a dictator who clings to power but it’s not just for his own gain

Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame recently said he was looking forward to his retirement after 23 years in power. Speaking to the press in April 2023, he claimed he “may join journalism in my old age” – a somewhat surprising choice, given the poor state of the freedom of the press…

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Uganda: Parents submit DNA samples to identify school attack victims

In tonight's edition: In Uganda, parents of children still missing since Friday's horrific attack on a school dorm offer up their DNA in the search for their missing loved ones. Meanwhile in Burundi, hundreds of thousands of people who fled their country in 2015 amidst political turmoil have started returning…

France 24

Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition

A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings during the Rwandan genocide nearly 30 years ago says his client will apply for political asylum in South Africa

The Independent UK

Hero Afghan pilot: UK commanders sent me into combat... how can you abandon me?

Exclusive: Afghan war hero who escaped Taliban to come to Britain hits back at officials who say his military service is not enough to stop his deportation

The Independent UK

Women 'peace warriors' meet in Paris to wage battle against war

Women activists from China to Rwanda are gathering in Paris this week to call for peace, justice and equality. Whether it be in Ukraine, in Africa or on behalf of ethnic minorities, they say their rallying cry is more urgent than ever.

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HRW accuses M23 militia of rape, finds mass graves in DR Congo

The group says that M23’s killings and rapes in eastern DRC are bolstered by the military support of Rwandan officials.

Al Jazeera

MP blasts Suella Braverman in fiery Commons clash over small boats: ‘Just answer the question’

Home secretary admits the government does not know how much Illegal Migration Bill will cost

The Independent UK

US offers asylum lifeline to Afghan war hero as UK refuses to recognise his military service

Exclusive: Humiliation for Britain as America – alerted by The Independent – considers safe haven for pilot facing deportation to Rwanda

The Independent UK

Rwanda genocide accused Félicien Kabuga is ruled unfit to stand trial: this will further erode trust in international justice

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals recently concluded a two-year court hearing on Félicien Kabuga. Kabuga is accused of crimes against humanity during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. The court ruled that he was not mentally fit for trial.

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Boris Johnson encouraged Rees-Mogg to be ‘pain in Sunak’s backside’, ex-spin doctor claims

Boris Johnson gave Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘carte blanche’ to ‘be a pain in the backside for the Treasury and Rishi Sunak’ amid a row over Brexit, Guto Harri has claimed

The Independent UK

Rwanda’s Kagame fires slew of military officials in big shake-up

Sacking of senior commanders and officers follows appointment of new defence minister and army chief.

Al Jazeera

UN court finds ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga unfit for trial

A UN court has ruled that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, aged in his late 80s, is unfit to stand trial and is instead calling for an “alternative” legal procedure that resembles a trial but would not end in a conviction.

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Al Jazeera

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga declared ‘unfit’ to stand trial

The UN war crimes court deemed the 90-year-old genocide suspect ‘no longer capable of meaningful participation’.

The Independent UK

UN judges declare elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial due to dementia

United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue to stand trial because he has dementia

Reuters

Top Dutch court says Rwandan genocide suspect cannot be extradited

The Dutch supreme court on Tuesday ruled that a man facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide should not be extradited to Rwanda because it cannot be guaranteed his trial will be fair.

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Black immigrants are growing in numbers, but in the U.S. many often feel invisible

One in five Black Americans are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. But feeling embraced or understood by the U.S. can seem daunting for some, and impossible for others.

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The Independent UK

Tory fury as civil servants threaten unprecedented strike over Rwanda policy

Possible walk-outs over asylum policy ‘appalling’ and ‘unacceptable’, say senior Conservatives

The Independent UK

Home Office staff could strike if forced to implement ‘unlawful’ Rwanda asylum plan

Exclusive: Official says civil servants will not ‘sit back and take’ measures they believe are unlawful

The Independent UK

US pledges to investigate Afghan pilot’s case as UK stalls on offer to help

UK government slammed for lack of assistance: ‘He is in the UK so we have a moral duty to look after him’

Al Jazeera

Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema in South Africa court

The 62-year-old was arrested this week near Cape Town after 22 years on the run.

Reuters

Church massacre survivors laud arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect

Once the mass murder of their people began, Safari Jean Bosco and his mother, sister and brothers sought refuge in a Catholic church along with over 2,000 others packed into the building. Some prayed as hungry mothers strained to breastfeed.

The Independent UK

Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run

One of Rwanda’s most wanted suspect in that country's genocide has appeared in a South African courtroom holding a Bible

Reuters

Rwanda suspect denies killings but 'sorry' over genocide

One of the Rwanda genocide's most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement though said he was "sorry" for the 1994 killings.

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