{"id":347849,"date":"2011-03-29T17:52:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/rwanda-ex-mayor-gets-life-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T17:52:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T17:52:05","slug":"rwanda-ex-mayor-gets-life-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/rwanda-ex-mayor-gets-life-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda ex-mayor gets life in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"47.366063738157\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>29 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>13:52 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A former Rwandan mayor has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the genocide of 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Baptiste Gatete, who also held a senior position in the women&#8217;s ministry, was found guilty of the massacre of hundreds of Tutsis.<\/p>\n<p>The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said he provided militiamen with weapons and ordered them to kill Tutsis in the east.<\/p>\n<p>Some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in the 100-day genocide.<\/p>\n<p>A judge at the UN tribunal said Gatete, who had served as mayor of Murambi in eastern Rwanda, was responsible for the &#8220;deaths of hundreds and possibly thousands of Tutsis civilians&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He showed no sign of emotion as the ruling was read, AFP news agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>Those most responsible for the killings are being tried by the ICTR, which is based in Arusha, Tanzania.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12901330\" title=\"Rwanda ex-mayor gets life in jail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rwanda ex-mayor gets life in jail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 29 March 2011 Last updated at 13:52 ET A former Rwandan mayor has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the genocide of 1994. 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