RWANDA: Rights Groups Accuse U.N. Of Lax Prosecution Of 1994 Rapes

A coalition of human rights groups has accused the United Nations of making little effort to prosecute rapes alongside other crimes committed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. "Thousands of Rwandan rape victims, many of whom are now dying of AIDS, continue to wait expectantly for justice from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda," said coalition organizer Jean-Louis Roy, head of the Canadian humanitarian organisation Rights and Democracy.