UN court for Rwanda upholds sentence of ex-military chief

[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] on Monday unanimously affirmed a 30-year jail sentence [judgment summary, PDF; press release] for former army chief Augustin Bizimungu [BBC profile] for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [UNCHR backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. Bizimungu was found guilty [JURIST report] in May 2011 on six counts of genocide and crimes against humanity for murder, extermination and rape in addition to violations of Common Article Three of the Geneva Conventions [text]....

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/07/un-court-for-rwanda-upholds-sentence-of-ex-military-chief.php

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