In a unique experiment in grassroots justice, millions...

In a unique experiment in grassroots justice, millions of Rwandans went to the polls to elect the 260,000 men and women who will preside over the community courts that judge thousands of suspected perpetrators of the genocide of 1994.
The system of "gacaca" - which means long grass - has been revived by the Rwandan government, with the help of European Union funding, in an attempt to reduce congestion in the country's prisons and build reconciliation.
Klaas de Jong, a Dutch former anti-apartheid activist who now heads the Rwandan branch of Penal Reform International, said he was optimistic that the "gacaca" would elicit as true a record as possible of the genocide.
He said: "The basis of "gacaca" law is confession. Until now we have had a low rate of confessions - only around 10 per cent. But the prisoners know that if they confess they will be spared the death penalty and that in itself will make "gacaca" more attractive to them than conventional justice."