Rwanda: Priest Accused of Genocide Wins Case Against France Télévisions

Arusha — France Télévisions was on Wednesday ordered by a Paris court to pay 5,000 Euros in damages to Rwandan priest Wenceslas Munyeshyaka for having presented him as guilty of genocide, Hirondelle learned Thursday.

The report entitled "Rwandan priests accused", was broadcast on France 3 on April 13 this year, as part of its "Pieces of Evidence" series . "Despite some perfunctory precautions of style (...), the report in question indeed contains some definitive conclusions biased towards the assumption of guilt for the alleged facts for which he (Munyeshyaka) is under investigation," says the judgment cited by AFP.

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