The judge, while delivering the verdict on Monday, said: “The court also found that they were very aware of the group that they were committing terroristic acts, that they wanted the terrorist acts to be committed and this was substantiated by the actions by them. happens. he said.
During the trial – which was heard by Rwanda’s High Court Chamber for International and Cross-Border Crimes – an outspoken critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the court that he wanted to be referred to as a Belgian citizen and by Rwanda. He was kidnapped. authorities, who have no jurisdiction to prosecute him.
Pronouncing the verdict, his daughter Karine Kanimba told CNN that the Rwandan government had violated all of her father’s basic human rights. “We knew there would never be a fair trial for my father, and now the world knows too. If America, Belgium and others believe in human rights, they need to act now to free our fathers.
The judgment is still being read.
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