News Source: Toronto Star
| 26 days ago
In sentencing genocidal killer Désiré Munyaneza to the harshest penalty possible, Quebec Superior Court Justice André Denis quoted an ancient philosopher who insisted that even when everyone else is going one way, you can always go another. "Many...
News Source: Canada.com
| 26 days ago
Survivors and observers rejoiced at the sentencing Thursday of Desire Munyaneza, given the harshest penalty under Canadian law for what the judge called the greatest crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, committed during the...
News Source: United Press International
| 26 days ago
A key figure in the Rwandan genocide 15 years ago was sentenced to life in prison Thursday in Canada. Desire Munyaneza will not be eligible for parole until 2030, The (Montreal) Gazette reported. Munyaneza, 42, found guilty on seven counts in May,...
News Source: BBC
| 26 days ago
Desire Munyaneza, 42, was found guilty in May in the first court case brought under Canada's 2000 War Crimes Act. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 1994. The sentencing judge said the law considered the...
News Source: Reuters
| 27 days ago
A Canadian court Thursday sentenced a Rwandan man to life in prison after he was found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said. Desire Munyaneza was...
News Source: The Courier-Mail
| 27 days ago
Rwandan genocide in Canada's first war crimes trial was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison. Desire Munyaneza, 42, had been found guilty of seven counts of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity for the rape, murder and torture of...