Augustin Ngirabatware

Augustin Ngirabatware (born 12 January 1957) is a Rwandan politician who participated in the Rwandan genocide and has been convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.[1]

Augustin Ngirabatware
Born12 January 1957 (63 years)
Gisenyi, Ruanda-Urundi
OccupationPolitician
Political partyNational Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
Conviction(s)Incitement to genocide
Criminal penalty35 years
Date apprehended
17 September 2007

Ngirabatware was born in 1957.[1][2] He is an ethnic Hutu from Gisenyi commune.[1][3]

At the time of the genocide, Ngirabatware was serving Rwandan's Minister of Planning in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana, and was a member of the Gisenyi provincial committee for the MRND party.[1]

Ngirabatware was arrested in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 17 September 2007[4] and transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in October 2008.[5]

On 20 December 2012, he was sentenced to 35 years in jail for incitement to genocide,[6][1][7] reduced to 30 years on appeal on 18 December 2014.[6][8]

References
  1. "Trial Chamber Delivers Judgement in the Ngirabatware Case". International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. December 20, 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Rwanda genocide suspect deported to Africa". UPI (9 October 2008). Retrieved on 16 November 2008.
  4. "Genocide suspect found in Frankfurt", The Times (21 September 2007). Retrieved on 16 November 2008.
  5. "Ngirabatware taken to Arusha". Radio Netherlands Worldwide (8 October 2008). Retrieved on 16 November 2008.
  6. Gordon, Gregory S. (2017). Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition. Oxford University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-19-061270-2.
  7. Hirondelle News Agency, 20.12.12 - ICTR/NGIRABATWARE - FORMER RWANDAN PLANNING MINISTER JAILED 35 YEARS FOR GENOCIDE.
  8. http://www.irmct.org/sites/default/files/casedocuments/mict-12-29/appeals-chamber-judgements/en/141218_0.pdf


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