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Monday, July 10, 2006 - 03:00
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Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
263 [3]
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The Appeals chamber of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday (July 7) sentenced a former Rwandan mayor to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 genocide. Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen, presiding, handed down the sentence to Sylvestre Gacumbitsi, in revision of an earlier 30-year jail term imposed by a trial chamber of the tribunal.

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Human Security [4]
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Country: 
Rwanda [6]

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