Theoneste Bagosora should have received death for attempting to wipe out a whole race of people! He was the main culprit behind the Rwandan genocide. But, at least the International Criminal Tribunal is making some headway.This is the first time anyone has been convicted of organizing the brutal killings. Here's more from BBC:
"The sentences will be welcomed by the government in Rwanda, which has come to regard the tribunal as a key part of the process of justice and reconciliation, says the BBC's Peter Greste.
Bagosora has been in custody since 1996, when he was arrested in Cameroon.
Prosecutors said Bagosora assumed control of military and political affairs in Rwanda when President Habyarimana's plane was shot down in 1994 - the catalyst for the genocide.
However, the indictment alleges that he set out to "prepare the apocalypse" as far back as 1990.
The following year, Bagosora helped draft a document circulated within the army that described Tutsis as "the principal enemy".
Canadian General Romeo Dallaire, head of UN peacekeepers in Rwanda at the time, described Mr Bagosora as the "kingpin" behind the genocide.
Gen Dallaire wrote in his memoirs that Bagosora was a "known extremist" who "controlled - as well as anyone could - the genocidal militia"."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7789039.stm
