Lucy Gaynor
@lucyjgaynor.bsky.social
Historian. PhD Researcher: University of Amsterdam / NIOD-Institute for War, Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Researching historical narratives in international criminal trials ( #Rwanda / #Cambodia / #ICC)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Great reporting from @hannahel711.bsky.social, for @justiceinfo.bsky.social
Such a great story! Mine is also entirely down to high school teachers!
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Such a great story! Mine is also entirely down to high school teachers!
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Full text of the US resolution for Gaza approved by the UN Security Council
UN Resolution 2803 places Donald Trump in control of Gaza and, using vague language, says if certain targets are met there could be a pathway to the creation of a Palestinian state
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November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Apparently its text is reproduced in full here: www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-te...
So, 31 years after the genocide in Rwanda, 24 years after his initial #indictment, 13 years after his referral to Rwanda, and 2 years after his arrest, Fulgence #Kayishema remains where he is.
The South African government have been asked to file - confidentially - within 21 days.
The South African government have been asked to file - confidentially - within 21 days.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So, 31 years after the genocide in Rwanda, 24 years after his initial #indictment, 13 years after his referral to Rwanda, and 2 years after his arrest, Fulgence #Kayishema remains where he is.
The South African government have been asked to file - confidentially - within 21 days.
The South African government have been asked to file - confidentially - within 21 days.
3) lack of guarantees of a right to a lawyer
4) unavailability of defence witnesses due to fear of #retaliation
Today, #IRMCT judges called three of these arguments [2-4] "hypothetical" and "speculative".
They have, however, asked the #SouthAfrica Government to file submissions on argument 1.
4) unavailability of defence witnesses due to fear of #retaliation
Today, #IRMCT judges called three of these arguments [2-4] "hypothetical" and "speculative".
They have, however, asked the #SouthAfrica Government to file submissions on argument 1.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
3) lack of guarantees of a right to a lawyer
4) unavailability of defence witnesses due to fear of #retaliation
Today, #IRMCT judges called three of these arguments [2-4] "hypothetical" and "speculative".
They have, however, asked the #SouthAfrica Government to file submissions on argument 1.
4) unavailability of defence witnesses due to fear of #retaliation
Today, #IRMCT judges called three of these arguments [2-4] "hypothetical" and "speculative".
They have, however, asked the #SouthAfrica Government to file submissions on argument 1.
In August 2025, his confidential motion requesting the revocation of the referral of his case to #Rwanda listed 4 key arguments:
1) "ongoing threats to his physical safety"
2) political interference with 🇷🇼 judiciary
1) "ongoing threats to his physical safety"
2) political interference with 🇷🇼 judiciary
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In August 2025, his confidential motion requesting the revocation of the referral of his case to #Rwanda listed 4 key arguments:
1) "ongoing threats to his physical safety"
2) political interference with 🇷🇼 judiciary
1) "ongoing threats to his physical safety"
2) political interference with 🇷🇼 judiciary
In 2023 he was arrested in 🇿🇦, working as a security guard on a farm in "wine country", outside #CapeTown. He had identified as a refugee from #Burundi, going by Donatien Nibasumba. He told arresting officers: "I am not Fulgence Kayishema. God will be my judge".
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
‘I have been waiting a long time to be arrested’: Rwandan war criminal Fulgence Kayishema tracked to South Africa
Fulgence Kayishema, involved in the killing of over 2000 Tutsis, was found working on a farm in wine country near Cape Town
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In 2023 he was arrested in 🇿🇦, working as a security guard on a farm in "wine country", outside #CapeTown. He had identified as a refugee from #Burundi, going by Donatien Nibasumba. He told arresting officers: "I am not Fulgence Kayishema. God will be my judge".
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/m...
In 2001, #ICTR judges confirmed an indictment against Kayishema for #genocide, complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and the crime against humanity of #extermination. In February 2012, his case was referred to Rwanda, to be tried there upon his eventual arrest.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In 2001, #ICTR judges confirmed an indictment against Kayishema for #genocide, complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and the crime against humanity of #extermination. In February 2012, his case was referred to Rwanda, to be tried there upon his eventual arrest.
#Kayishema was an inspector of judicial police in 1994. He was based in Kivumu, a commune in Rwanda's 'Kibuye' prefecture, in the west of the country [in yellow on the left of the picture].
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#Kayishema was an inspector of judicial police in 1994. He was based in Kivumu, a commune in Rwanda's 'Kibuye' prefecture, in the west of the country [in yellow on the left of the picture].