Rwandan doctor given 24-year jail sentence in France over 1994 genocide | Genocide News

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Sosthene Munyemana, 68, has been found guilty on charges of genocide despite denying any wrongdoing.

A Rwandan doctor was sentenced by a Paris court on Wednesday to 24 years in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide in his home country.

After a deliberation lasting nearly 15 hours, Sosthene Munyemana, 68, was found guilty of charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and participation in a conspiracy to prepare those crimes. He has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyers said he would appeal the decision.

The six-week-long trial at the Assize Court in Paris came nearly three decades after…



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