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Monday, June 07, 2004

Former Rwandan president sentenced to 15 years
Jeannie Shawl at 1:32 PM ET

Pasteur Bizimungu, former President of Rwanda, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for embezzlement, inciting violence and associating with criminals, but was cleared on a separate charge of threatening state security. Human rights groups have called the evidence against Bizimungu and his co-defendants questionable and said that the charges were politically motivated. BBC News has more.



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