Augustin Ngirabatware

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Augustin Ngirabatware
Born12 January 1957 (63 years)
Gisenyi, Ruanda-Urundi
Occupation Politician
Political party National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
Conviction Incitement to genocide
Criminal penalty35 years imprisonment; commuted to 30 years imprisonment
Date apprehended
17 September 2007

Augustin Ngirabatware (born 12 January 1957) is a Rwandan politician who participated in the Rwandan genocide and has been convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. [1]

Ngirabatware was born in 1957. [1] [2] He is an ethnic Hutu from Gisenyi commune. [1] [3]

At the time of the genocide, Ngirabatware was serving Rwandan's Minister of Planning in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana, and was a member of the Gisenyi provincial committee for the MRND party. [1]

Ngirabatware was arrested in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 17 September 2007 [4] and transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in October 2008. [5]

On 20 December 2012, he was sentenced to 35 years in jail for incitement to genocide, [6] [1] [7] reduced to 30 years on appeal on 18 December 2014. [6] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Trial Chamber Delivers Judgement in the Ngirabatware Case". International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. December 20, 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Rwanda genocide suspect deported to Africa". UPI (9 October 2008). Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "Genocide suspect found in Frankfurt [ dead link ]", The Times (21 September 2007). Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  5. ↑ "Ngirabatware taken to Arusha". Radio Netherlands Worldwide (8 October 2008). Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  6. 1 2 Gordon, Gregory S. (2017). Atrocity Speech Law: Foundation, Fragmentation, Fruition. Oxford University Press. p. 215. ISBN   978-0-19-061270-2.
  7. ↑ Hirondelle News Agency, 20.12.12 - ICTR/NGIRABATWARE - FORMER RWANDAN PLANNING MINISTER JAILED 35 YEARS FOR GENOCIDE.
  8. ↑ "Appeal Judgement Summary for Augustin Ngirabatware" (PDF). irmct.org. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2023.


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