Rwanda: Mugesera Starts His Defence

22 January 2013

Genocide suspect Leon Mugesera yesterday denied the word inyenzi (cockroaches) is derogatory as he begun submitting his defence at the Special Chamber of the High Court.

'I was not an Interahamwe, I was not on their command and they were not paramilitary as some sources wrote," he said, responding to the allegation that he provided some ammunitions to a group of interahamwe militia.'

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