Simon Bikindi,the man in the white clothing, got 15 years in prison for his using his influence to incite genocide against the Tutsi. The Rwanda genocide will never fade from the memories of so many. Almost 15 years later, Bikindi received his punishment for his part in it. Here's more from Fox News:
"A U.N. court sentenced a former pop star to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for his part in inciting Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
Presiding Judge Monica Weinberg de Roca said Tuesday that Simon Bikindi used a public address system to tell Hutus to exterminate Tutsi "snakes" and wrote hate-filled propaganda in his lyrics.
"You have abused your stature as a well-known and popular artist ... and an important figure in the Interahamwe movement by using your influence to incite genocide," she said. The Interahamwe were militants from the Hutu ethnic majority." (END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460127,00.html
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