Genocide: Rwandan pastor gets life imprisonment

64-year-old Hutu pastor, Jean Uwinkindi, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Rwanda’s High Court for his role in the 1994 genocide.

The court ruled that pastor Uwinkindi organised and participated in attacks on the minority Tutsi ethnic group.

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He is the first genocide suspect to be sent back to Rwanda for trial by the Tanzanian-based UN tribunal.

It could be recalled that some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by militias from the majority Hutu ethnic group.

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