Georges Rutaganda
Georges Rutaganda ( Georges Anderson Nderubumwe Rutaganda ; born November 28, 1958 in Ngoma , Kibuye District , † October 11, 2010 in Benin ) was a Rwandan politician and war criminal .
Life
At the time of the genocide in Rwanda , Rutaganda was an agricultural engineer, businessman and vice-president of the youth organization of the then Rwandan ruling party Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement (MRND), the Interahamwe . The Interahamwe was instrumental in the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi , which it had been preparing for years. Georges Rutaganda was directly involved in the killing of Tutsi himself. The terrible massacre was carried out through his active cooperation. Rutaganda was also one of the founders of the hate radio station Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines , which went on the air in July 1993 .
He was arrested in Zambia in October 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in December 1999 for the murder of thousands of Tutsis . Georges Rutaganda had pleaded not guilty and was appealing. On May 26, 2003, the Appeals Chamber upheld the verdict. Rutaganda, suffering from AIDS, died in captivity in Benin in 2010.
Web links
- Life sentence for Rwandan genocide leader , theguardian.com, December 7, 1999
- Death of Convict Georges Rutaganda in Benin - ICTR News Detail . October 12, 2010. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013.
- L'ancien chef milicien rwandais Georges Rutaganda est décédé au Bénin (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Life sentence for Rwandan genocide leader , theguardian.com, December 7, 1999
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rutaganda, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rutaganda, Georges Anderson Nderubumwe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Rwandan politician and war criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ngoma (Rwanda) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 2010 |
| Place of death | Benin |