Rwanda genocide: Jean Uwinkindi sentenced to life in prison
17 minutes ago:- Jean Uwinkindi organised and participated in attacks on minority Tutsis Rwanda's High Court has sentenced a pastor to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide. Jean Uwinkindi organised and participated in attacks on the minority Tutsi ethnic group, the court ruled. Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by militias from the majority Hutu ethnic group. The 64-year-old Hutu pastor was the first genocide suspect to be sent back to Rwanda for trial by the Tanzanian-based UN tribunal. The tribunal shut down this month after sentencing 61 individuals and acquitting 14 others. Uwinkindi - the former head of a Pentecostal church on the outskirts of the capital, Kigali - had opposed his transfer.