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Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Rwanda genocide judgment
Bernard Hibbitts at 3:28 PM ET

[JURIST] A Seventh-Day Adventist pastor and his son, a medical doctor, were found guilty Wednesday of crimes against humanity and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website]. They had been charged for their alleged participation in killings in the areas of Mugonero and Bisesero from April to June 1994. Read the ICTR press release and the summary of judgment.

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