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Members of Liberal Party (PL) during the campaign in Ngoma District on June 25. PL will resume their campaign trail on Friday June 28. COURTESY
Elections

Rwanda Decides: 12 key pledges in Liberal Party’s five year manifesto

Friday, June 28, 2024
The New Times
Elections

Liberal Party pledges to push for laws to decongest correctional facilities

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Chief Justice Martha Koome is in Rwanda on an official visit. Courtesy
Law

Kenyan Chief Justice in Rwanda, to sign MoU with Rwandan judiciary

Sunday, June 09, 2024
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. Prisoners can now apply for parole after completing just a quarter of their sentences. Photo/Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Parole: What you need to know about eligibility as gov’t cuts application time

Thursday, December 14, 2023
Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja during an interview. COURTESY
Rwanda

Justice Minister explains rising number of people sent to prison

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Some inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. Statistics from Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) show that there are a total of 89,034 inmates in the 13 correctional facilities in Rwanda. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Prison population on the rise despite decongestion efforts

Friday, August 25, 2023
A prisoner with his lawyers during a hearing session during FLN trial in Kigali on February 26, 2021. Sam Ngendahimana
Law

Prosecution to mediate between victims and suspects in criminal cases

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Rusororo cemetery in Gasabo District. The law determining the organisation and use of cemeteries was enacted in 2013 in Rwanda. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

A look at 5 laws that remain unenforced

Thursday, August 04, 2022
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. The Government of Rwanda proposed a provision to offer university education to convicts incarcerated in correctional facilities.

Inmates to get university education: what it means

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Juvenile inmates who sat P6 National Examination in Nyagatare District in 2017. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Over 900 cases involving minors head to court

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The New Times

Govt moves to separate children from adults in detention centres

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Marie-Claire Mukasine, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, speaks during a news conference in Kigali on November 30. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Rights body roots for law on public health emergencies

Tuesday, December 15, 2020