The defence team in an appeal case against the conviction of a Rwandan pastor on genocide charges has reiterated to a Helsinki court their belief that witness statements were obtained through torture. Read the full story

A Finnish court has sentenced an African preacher to life in jail for his part in Rwanda’s genocide. Francois Bazaramba, 59, has been living in Finland since 2003, but charges were brought against him as the Nordic country allows prosecutions for crimes against humanity regardless of where they were committed. Read the full story

A widening rift is developing between the Swedish and Turkish governments in the wake of the Swedish parliament’s decision to recognise the 1915 mass killings of ethnic groups including Armenians as genocide. Read the full story

Francois Bazaramba, the 58-year old ex-pastor from Rwanda who played a role in the 1994 Hutu-led massacres, will go on trial this week in a Finnish court. Read the full story

In a first of its kind, Sweden is set to extradite a Rwandan man who has been accused of active participation in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Sylvere Ahorugeze, a 53-year-old former director of Rwanda‘s civil aviation authority, is to be returned to Rwanda in the coming weeks after the Swedish government decided to grant Rwandan prosecutors their request for extradition. Read the full story

A Rwandan Baptist preacher accused of genocide during the country’s brutal 1994 civil war will not be extradited from Finland because it is feared he will not receive a fair trial in Rwanda. The man, whose name is said to be Francois Bazaramba by the Rwandan government, stands accused of overseeing the murder of 5,000 Tutsis in Nyakizu. Read the full story