Rwandan court sentences Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life in prison for genocide
Ntaganzwa was handed a life sentence for crimes he committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda against Tutsis and moderate Hutus
28 May 2020 - 18:23
Kigali — A Rwandan court on Thursday handed a life sentence to a former politician found guilty of orchestrating the killing of tens of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide, a court spokesperson said.
Ladislas Ntaganzwa, head of the commune of Nyakizu in southern Rwanda, was indicted in 1996 by the Arusha, Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on charges of direct and public incitement to commit genocide, murder and rape...
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