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Rwandan pastor jailed for life for genocide crimes

The Rwanda High Court handed Jean Bosco Uwinkindi, Pentecostal Church pastor, a life sentence Wednesday for genocide crimes in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

The Rwanda High Court handed Jean Bosco Uwinkindi, Pentecostal Church pastor, a life sentence Wednesday for genocide crimes in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis.

Uwinkindi was convicted of crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the slaughter that saw an estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus killed by dominant Hutu forces in 100 days.

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