{"id":159,"date":"2008-12-18T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/col-theoneste-bagosora-the-but.html"},"modified":"2008-12-18T08:00:35","modified_gmt":"2008-12-18T08:00:35","slug":"col-theoneste-bagosora-the-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/col-theoneste-bagosora-the-but.html","title":{"rendered":"Col. Theoneste Bagosora, the butcher of Rwanda, jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/africa\/2008\/12\/2008121894135781749.html\">architect of the Rwandan genocide has been jailed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"><\/p>\n<p>A UN-backed tribunal has convicted Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel, of organising the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Two other former military officers were also convicted by the<br \/>\nInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday for their role<br \/>\nin the mass killings of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Colonel Bagosora is guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal, based in&nbsp;Arusha, Tanzania,&nbsp;accused Bagosora of leading<br \/>\nthe troops and Interahamwe Hutu fighters that carried out the killings,<br \/>\nwhich left an estimated 800,000 dead.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"><\/p>\n<p>The estimated 250 people who actually financed the genocide, however, remain free. Still, this is an important step forward. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The architect of the Rwandan genocide has been jailed: A UN-backed tribunal has convicted Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel, of organising the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. 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