Callixte Nzabonimana: Difference between revisions

[[File:Callixte_Nzabonimana.jpg|thumb]] [[File:Rwanda_genocide_wanted_poster_2-20-03.jpg|thumb|300px|The Rwandan Genocide wanted poster from left to right (top row): [[Felicien Kabuga]], [[Augustin Bizimana]], [[Jean-Baptiste Gatete]], [[Augustin Bizimungu]], [[Tharcisse Renzaho]]. (bottom row left to right): [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]], [[Augustin Ngirabatware]], [[Idelphonse Nizeyimana]], [[Protais Mpiranya]], Callixte Nzabonimana]]

Callixte Nzabonimana is a former Rwandan Politician who is accused of participating in the [[Rwandan Genocide]]

==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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouvement_r%C3%A9publicain_national_pour_la_d%C3%A9mocratie_et_le_d%C3%A9veloppement 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bikindi 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu_Power Hutu Power] radio station [[Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines|RTLM]].

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. 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.

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].