Callixte Kalimanzira

Callixte Kalimanzira was the Interior Minister of the interim government of Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. .

Kalimanzira was indicted[1] by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for his actions during the genocide in 2005 on three counts: genocide, complicity in Genocide and direct and public incitement to commit genocide; he pleaded not guilty.[2] On June 22, 2009, Kalimanzira was sentenced to thirty years in prison for two counts of genocide and direct and public incitement to commit genocide.[3] Full record of the case can be found at the ICTR.[4]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/cases/Kalimanzira/indictment/Kalimanzira.pdf
  2. ↑ "Ex-minister jailed for genocide". BBC Online. June 22, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ Chhatbar, Sukhdev (June 22, 2009). "Ex-minister gets 30 years in Rwanda genocide". Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/cases/Kalimanzira/index.htm