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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. | |||
Callixte Nzabonimana | 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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Callixte Nzabonimana is a former Rwandan Politician who is accused of participating in the Rwandan Genocide.
Biography edit
Prior to 1994 edit
An ethnic Hutu from 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 RTLM.[1]
During the genocide and aftermath edit
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.[2] 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.[3]
On 21 November 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) released an indictment charging Nzabonimana and others with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and crimes against humanity.[2]
Nzabonimana was detained in Tanzania on February 18, 2008 and transferred to custody of the ICTR on February 19, 2009.[4]. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 31, 2012.[5]
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.
References edit
- ↑ Arusha Trial Raises Freedom of Speech Questions, Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Prosecutor v. Callixte Nzabonimana, International Crimes Database
- ↑ Killings of tutsi in Nyamirambo and the genocide implication of Minister Callixte Nzabonimana in Gitarama, RBA
- ↑ Tanzanian Police arrest Rwandan genocide fugitive subject of INTERPOL Red Notice, INTERPOL
- ↑ Callixte Nzabonimana convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, ReliefWeb