Bagosora Theoneste aka genocide plannerICTR gives life sentence to Bagosora, acquits Gen. Kabiligi
ARUSHA - The much awaited verdict in the widely publicised Military I trial was rendered yesterday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania.
The verdict handed down by Judge Eric Möse, sentenced the former Director of Cabinet in the Ministry of Defence, Col. Theoneste Bagosora, and two other former senior Rwandan military officers to life imprisonment.
The trial chamber however acquitted former director of operations in the former armed forces (Ex-FAR), a decision that has been contested by the Rwandan Government.
The two other members of the Ex-Far who were sentenced to life in jail are Major Alloys Ntabakuze, former commander of the elite Para Commando battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva who was the commander of the military operation sector of Gisenyi. They were convicted in a joint trial for Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War crimes.
The UN court however acquitted Kabiligi, the former head of the military operations (G-3) after it found him not guilty of all the charges, and ordered his release.
The Prosecution had charged Kabiligi with participation in the distribution of weapons, meetings to plan the Genocide as well as a number of specific crimes many of which were related to roadblocks in the Kigali area.
Bagosora was found guilty of killing several politicians including former Prime Minister Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Joseph Kavaruganda, the President of the Constitutional court as well as Frederic Nzamurambaho, Landoald Ndasingwa and Faustin Rucogoza who were opposition party officials and ministers designate in a transition government that was in the offing. [more]http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13749&article=11854
The verdict handed down by Judge Eric Möse, sentenced the former Director of Cabinet in the Ministry of Defence, Col. Theoneste Bagosora, and two other former senior Rwandan military officers to life imprisonment.
The trial chamber however acquitted former director of operations in the former armed forces (Ex-FAR), a decision that has been contested by the Rwandan Government.
The two other members of the Ex-Far who were sentenced to life in jail are Major Alloys Ntabakuze, former commander of the elite Para Commando battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva who was the commander of the military operation sector of Gisenyi. They were convicted in a joint trial for Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War crimes.
The UN court however acquitted Kabiligi, the former head of the military operations (G-3) after it found him not guilty of all the charges, and ordered his release.
The Prosecution had charged Kabiligi with participation in the distribution of weapons, meetings to plan the Genocide as well as a number of specific crimes many of which were related to roadblocks in the Kigali area.
Bagosora was found guilty of killing several politicians including former Prime Minister Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Joseph Kavaruganda, the President of the Constitutional court as well as Frederic Nzamurambaho, Landoald Ndasingwa and Faustin Rucogoza who were opposition party officials and ministers designate in a transition government that was in the offing. [more]http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=13749&article=11854
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