For seventeen years, international justice continues to punish those responsible for genocide in Rwanda. On Tuesday, the former Chief of Staff of the Rwandan army Augustin Bizimungu was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. Accused of "genocide" by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), that general had been appointed head of the army in April 1994, ten days after the onset of ethnic conflict.
The court also sentenced two former military officials. The former commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Major François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye and Captain Innocent Sagahutu, who commanded an elite unit, will serve a sentence of twenty years imprisonment. Since its establishment in 1994, the ICTR has judged more than fifty people involved in the genocide in Rwanda.
The conflict between Hutu and Tutsi had about 800 000 deaths, according to the UN. 
The court also sentenced two former military officials. The former commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Major François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye and Captain Innocent Sagahutu, who commanded an elite unit, will serve a sentence of twenty years imprisonment. Since its establishment in 1994, the ICTR has judged more than fifty people involved in the genocide in Rwanda.
The conflict between Hutu and Tutsi had about 800 000 deaths, according to the UN.
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