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Rwanda: Rwanda - Bagosora, A Major Player in a Genocide Without Mastermind
JusticeInfo.net, 28 September 2021
The death, on 25 September, of the man who was presented as the brains behind the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, attracted little media attention. Sociologist and Rwanda… Read more »
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Rwanda: Activists Protest Against Burial in France of Genocide Architect Bagosora
New Times, 27 September 2021
Le Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), a civil society body based in France has implored the French government not to welcome the remains of the top genocide… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda Massacre Mastermind Dies
VOA, 27 September 2021
Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were… Read more »
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Rwanda: Genocide Mastermind Bagosora Dies in Malian Prison
New Times, 26 September 2021
Col Theoneste Bagosora, the man considered the key architect of the Genocide against the Tutsi, has died in a Malian prison. Read more »
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Rwanda: Who is Isaac Kamali, the Genocide Fugitive in France?
New Times, 21 September 2021
Isaac Kamali, a genocide suspect living in France, was last week September 16, charged by a French anti-terror prosecutor for involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in… Read more »
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Rwanda: Tribunal Denies Release to Genocide Leader
RFI, 5 April 2021
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… Read more »
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Rwanda: UN Court Registrar Irked Over Imprisoned Genocide Convicts Authoring Books
New Times, 29 September 2020
The Registrar of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals ("the Mechanism") on Monday, September 28, told representatives of Genocide survivors… Read more »
Burial of Rwandan Genocide Architect in France Stirs Protests
A Rwandan civil society body based in France has implored the French government not to welcome the remains of the top genocide architect Col Théoneste Bagosora who died in a hospital in Mali on September 25, 2021 where he had been imprisoned since 2012.
Bagosora was serving a 35-year sentence handed to him by the then International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Among his other crimes, Bagosora bears the most responsibility for the systematic killing of prominent personalities and opposition political figures who were a threat to the genocidal plan on the morning of April 7, 1994.
Genocide survivors and family members of slain politicians were reportedly disappointed that the genocide mastermind showed no remorse for his crimes.
The genocide claimed the lives of some 800,000 Rwandans - mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group but also those who were moderate Hutus.
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On a one-day state visit to Rwanda, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and said he hoped for forgiveness. Speaking alongside ... Read more »
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The French government holds "significant responsibility" for enabling the Rwandan 1994 genocide since it was aware that it was being prepared, according to an American report. The ... Read more »
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French prosecutors have reportedly asked judges to drop a case accusing senior members of the French armed forces of complicity in the massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan ... Read more »
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Rwanda activists have saluted the French government's efforts but pressed on with their demand that genocide suspects living in the European country be brought to justice. The ... Read more »
Youths carry a coffin containing remains of the victims of genocide (file photo).
