Woman jailed for genocide
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June 25, 2011, Saturday
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THE UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda yesterday sentenced former families minister Pauline Nyiramasuhuko to life in prison for genocide and incitement to rape.
A spokesman for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said Nyiramasuhuko and her son, Arsene Shalom Ntahobali were convicted of atrocities committed in Rwanda's southern Butare region during the 1994 massacre.
"She has been convicted for genocide and crimes against humanity, including extermination, rape and persecution," said ICTR spokesman Danford Mpumilwa.
Nyiramasuhuko, 65, the first woman to be convicted of genocide by the court, and her son faced 11 charges. The trial lasted 10 years.
"It's shocking that this mother and former social worker, trained to protect life, could have been responsible for such appalling crimes," said Freddy Mutanguha, Rwandan Country Director for the Aegis Trust, the group responsible for the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
The tribunal was set up in 1994 to bring to justice leaders of the genocide in which some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in less than 100 days.
A spokesman for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said Nyiramasuhuko and her son, Arsene Shalom Ntahobali were convicted of atrocities committed in Rwanda's southern Butare region during the 1994 massacre.
"She has been convicted for genocide and crimes against humanity, including extermination, rape and persecution," said ICTR spokesman Danford Mpumilwa.
Nyiramasuhuko, 65, the first woman to be convicted of genocide by the court, and her son faced 11 charges. The trial lasted 10 years.
"It's shocking that this mother and former social worker, trained to protect life, could have been responsible for such appalling crimes," said Freddy Mutanguha, Rwandan Country Director for the Aegis Trust, the group responsible for the Kigali Genocide Memorial.
The tribunal was set up in 1994 to bring to justice leaders of the genocide in which some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in less than 100 days.
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