Editing Georges Rutaganda (section)

==Biography==
Rutaganda was a major commander responsible for the [[Rwandan Genocide]] of 1994. Prosecutor James Stewart stated, "Without Georges Rutaganda, the Rwandan genocide would not have functioned the way it did." He was on radio RTLM ([[Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines]]) in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigali Kigali] in 1994, encouraging Interahamwe Militia to exterminate all Tutsis. It was alleged that Rutaganda captured, raped, and [[torture]]d Tutsi women in the Interahamwe Hideouts in Kigali. Other accounts state that Rutaganda captured Tutsi prostitutes believing them to be witches.<ref>[https://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/841/Rutaganda/ ''Georges Anderson Nderubumwe Rutaganda v. The Prosecutor''], International Crimes Database</ref>

During this time, Rutaganda was reported to supply his militia with stolen supplies from the Rwandan military. Rutaganda was arrested on Oct. 10, 1995, and transferred to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arusha Arusha], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania Tanzania], on May 26, 1996. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for [[Genocide|genocide]], [[crimes against humanity]] and [[murder]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/552441.stm Life sentence for Rwanda genocide leader], ''BBC News''</ref>

He died in prison in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin Benin] on October 11, 2010.<ref>[https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20101013-ancien-chef-milicien-rwandais-georges-rutaganda-est-decede-benin L’ancien chef milicien rwandais Georges Rutaganda est décédé au Bénin], ''RFI''</ref>

Rutaganda appears in the film ''Hotel Rwanda''. Although he is portrayed as main villian, Rutaganda is actually the one, not the UN official Oliver, that prevented fighting when the UN convoy were transporting the refugees. In the film he is played by [[wikipedia:Hakeem Kae-Kazim|Hakeem Kae-Kazim]].