Rwandan Woman Is First Ever Convicted of Genocide

The UN Court trying suspects of the 1994 Rwanda genocide found a female former government minister and her son guilty of war crimes today and gave both life sentences, marking the first time a woman has been convicted of genocide. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda’s former minister for family and women affairs,…

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Rwandan Woman Is First Ever Convicted of Genocide

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