Editing Callixte Nzabonimana

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|fullname = Callixte Nzabonimana
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|origin = Gitarama Prefecture, Rwanda
|occupation =  Minister of Planning<br>Minister of Youth and Sports
|type of villain = War Criminal
|goals = Exterminate all Tutsis in Rwanda (failed)
|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]
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'''Callixte Nzabonimana''' is a former Rwandan Politician who is accused of participating in the [[Rwandan Genocide]].
==Biography==
===Prior to 1994===
An ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutu] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitarama_Province Gitarama] prefecture, Nzabonimana held the position of Minister of Planning in the [[MRND]] government of [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] from 15 January 1989 to 4 February 1991, in the successive "multi-party" government formed on 31 December 1991, and the second "multi-party" government formed on 16 April 1992.  As of 1994, he was also MRND president for Gitarama prefecture.

The ICTR indictment against musician [[Simon Bikindi]] charges that Bikindi, an author of many racially charged anti-Tutsi songs, “consulted with President Juvénal Habyarimana, Minister of Youth and Sports Callixte Nzabonimana and MRND-aligned military authorities on song lyrics” before releasing them to be played on the [[Hutu Power]] radio station [[Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines|RTLM]].<ref>[https://iwpr.net/global-voices/arusha-trial-raises-freedom-speech-questions Arusha Trial Raises Freedom of Speech Questions], Institute for War and Peace Reporting</ref>

===During the genocide and aftermath===
After the death of Habyarimana on April 6, 1994, Nzabonimana was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports (''Ministre du Sport et de la Jeunesse'') in the interim government.<ref name = crimes>[https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/788/Nzabonimana/ ''The Prosecutor v. Callixte Nzabonimana''], International Crimes Database</ref> Between April 9 and 14 July, he is alleged to have met with fellow ministers at a number of Government meetings in which ministers received briefings on the genocide's progress, and requested weapons to distribute in their home provinces for use by the ''genocidaires''.<ref>[https://www.rba.co.rw/post/Killings-of-tutsi-in-Nyamirambo-and-the-genocide-implication-of-Minister-Callixte-Nzabonimana-in-Gitarama Killings of tutsi in Nyamirambo and the genocide implication of Minister Callixte Nzabonimana in Gitarama], ''RBA''</ref>

On 21 November 2001, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] (ICTR) released an indictment charging Nzabonimana and others with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide], conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_humanity crimes against humanity].<ref name = crimes></ref>

Nzabonimana was detained in Tanzania on February 18, 2008 and transferred to custody of the ICTR on February 19, 2009.<ref>[https://www.interpol.int/ar/1/1/2008/Tanzanian-Police-arrest-Rwandan-genocide-fugitive-subject-of-INTERPOL-Red-Notice Tanzanian Police arrest Rwandan genocide fugitive subject of INTERPOL Red Notice], INTERPOL</ref>. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 31, 2012.<ref>[https://reliefweb.int/report/rwanda/callixte-nzabonimana-convicted-and-sentenced-life-imprisonment Callixte Nzabonimana convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment], ''ReliefWeb''</ref>

According to African Rights, Nzabonimana is one of the "three key civilians" collaborating with the [[FDLR]], operating out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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