Callixte Nzabonimana gets life sentence for genocide crimes

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today sentenced former Rwanda Minister of Youth and Associate Movements, Callixte Nzabonimana, to life in prison for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

 

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today sentenced former Rwanda Minister of Youth and Associate Movements, Callixte Nzabonimana, to life in prison for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He was found guilty of instigating the killing of Tutsis who had sought refuge at the Nyabikenke commune office. The Trial Chamber also found Nzabonimana guilty of three separate incidents of directly and publicly inciting the killing of Tutsis at the Butare trading centre on or about 12 April 1994, at Cyayi centre on 14 April 1994, and at Murambi on 18 April 1994.