Rwanda: No Early Release for Rwanda Genocide Top Brass Bagosora, Says UN Tribunal

An international tribunal for Rwanda has turned down a request for the early release of Theoneste Bagosora, a man some consider the mastermind behind the 1994 genocide that killed some 800,000 people.

Judge Carmel Agius denied the application, saying "the extremely high gravity of Bagosora's crimes weighs very heavily against his early release", according to reports from AFP news agency.

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