https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish Court of Appeal has upheld a lifetime jail sentence for a Swedish citizen who murdered hundreds of people during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20190430/swede-handed-lifetime-jail-sentence-for-role-in-rwanda-genocide Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:56:57 +0200 swede-handed-lifetime-jail-sentence-for-role-in-rwanda-genocide A Swedish national is to face trial in September in Stockholm for his alleged role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20170907/rwanda-genocide-suspect-to-face-trial-in-stockholm-sweden Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:27:07 +0200 rwanda-genocide-suspect-to-face-trial-in-stockholm-sweden Swedish police arrested a 48-year-old man suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which claimed 800,000 lives, police and prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.se/20161026/rwandan-genocide-suspect-arrested-in-sweden Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:19:40 +0200 rwandan-genocide-suspect-arrested-in-sweden A 61-year-old Swedish citizen has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20160516/swedish-rwanda-genocide-suspect-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment Mon, 16 May 2016 15:08:09 +0200 swedish-rwanda-genocide-suspect-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment A Swede of Rwandan origin was has been charge with genocide and war crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20150904/sweden-charges-rwanda-genocide-suspect Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:23:25 +0200 sweden-charges-rwanda-genocide-suspect A Swede of Rwandan origin who is suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide has been remanded in custody, while a Rwandan national was released after questioning, a prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.se/20140925/sweden-jails-rwanda-genocide-suspect Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:19:00 +0200 sweden-jails-rwanda-genocide-suspect Sweden is set to introduce crimes against humanity into its penal code in a move to tackle widespread, systematic, and inhumane crimes abroad in Swedish courts. https://www.thelocal.se/20131122/sweden-to-bring-in-crimes-against-humanity Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:10:00 +0100 sweden-to-bring-in-crimes-against-humanity A Swedish man became the first person in the country to be convicted of genocide, as he was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for participating in the 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda. https://www.thelocal.se/20130620/48614 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:08:00 +0200 48614 A Burundian national has been charged for using coded messages about bananas to pass along intelligence on Rwandan dissidents living in Sweden, and faces up to four years in prison if convicted. https://www.thelocal.se/20130208/46082 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0100 46082 A man charged with participating in the 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda is being heard in Sweden's first genocide trial. https://www.thelocal.se/20121117/44476 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0100 44476 Swedish prosecutors on Monday filed charges against a Swede of Rwandan origin accused of participating in a 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda, in what will be Sweden's first genocide trial. https://www.thelocal.se/20121105/44250 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:53:00 +0100 44250 A Swede of Rwandan origin is going before court in Sweden's first ever genocide trial. https://www.thelocal.se/20121104/44224 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:50:00 +0100 44224 A Swede of Rwandan origin suspected of participating in the 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda will go on trial in Stockholm in November in Sweden's first genocide trial, the prosecutor said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120925/43442 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:56:00 +0200 43442 Sweden announced Monday that it was provisionally suspending aid to Rwanda pending clarification of reports that the central African nation has backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. https://www.thelocal.se/20120813/42582 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:35:00 +0200 42582 The Rwandan citizen, under arrest in Sweden for three years following genocide charges in Rwanda and currently residing in Denmark, will not have his extradition case reviewed further in the highest authority of the European Court of Human Rights; the Grand Chamber. https://www.thelocal.se/20120614/41430 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:22:00 +0200 41430 An exiled Rwandan journalist in Sweden critical of the regime of Rwandan President Paul Kagame has emerged after a month in hiding after fearing attack, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120218/39182 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:33:00 +0100 39182 The Swedish government said Tuesday it had expelled a foreign diplomat, amid reports the person in question was a high level official at the Rwandan embassy in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20120214/39106 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:51:00 +0100 39106 A Swedish court on Monday charged a 53-year-old Rwandan-Swede with genocide, accusing him of having taken part in the massacres in Rwanda in 1994. https://www.thelocal.se/20111227/38164 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:28:00 +0100 38164 Swedish police have arrested a man suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He was arrested late Thursday evening at Bromma airport, just outside Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20111223/38122 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:54:00 +0100 38122 Sweden's decision to extradite a Rwandan national facing war crimes allegations in his home country is not against the European convention, according to the European Court of Human Rights. https://www.thelocal.se/20111027/36998 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:04:00 +0200 36998