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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 02:00
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Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
503 [3]
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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced a Rwandan businessman to 30 years in jail for his part in the bulldozing of a church which killed around 2,000 ethnic Tutsis during the 1994 genocide. The tribunal, backed by the United Nations, found Gaspard Kanyarukiga guilty of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity.

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Human Security [4]
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Country: 
Rwanda [6]

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