The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced to life imprisonment by the former Rwandan army colonel Theoneste Bagosora, found him guilty of organizing the genocide Tutsi and moderate Houtte in 1994.
The announcement ICTR stated that the 67-year-old Bagosora also found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Protecting the defendant was unable to convince the court that the genocide in Rwanda, where over 100 days have killed more than 800 thousand people from the Tutsi and moderate Houtte, was a "spontaneous" and spontaneously.
The court found that after the death of aviakatstrofe President Habyarimana of Rwanda Zhyuvenalya it Bagosora controlled the army and gendarmerie. He is personally liable for the murder of prime minister, four opposition leaders and the Belgian peacekeepers. A former colonel was found guilty in developing a plan for the destruction of Tutsi and the organization and training of special police squads to carry it out.
Bagosora is in custody since 1996, when he was arrested in Cameroon. The process against him began in 2002.
According to BBC News, a life sentence for organizing the genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity were two more former Rwandan army. Earlier, the tribunal sentenced him to 20 years in prison deceased son-in-law of President Protais Zigiranyirazo, on the orders of which 48 people were killed.
The International Tribunal for Rwanda based UN in November 1994 to prosecute those responsible for genocide in Rwanda and neighboring states in the period from 1 January to 31 December 1994. In addition, the UN organization committed to promote "reconciliation and the restoration of justice and the rule of law" in Rwanda.
Originally scheduled to finish the work of the tribunal in 2004, but after repeatedly extending the term of office of judges, it was decided to complete the process in 2009. The Tribunal is located in the town of Arusha, Tanzania. It was attended by the judge from the Russian Federation Sergei Yegorov.
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