Editing Hassan Ngeze (section)

==Biography==
Ngeze was born in Rubavu commune, Gisenyi prefecture, in Rwanda. He is a Muslim, of Hutu ethnicity. In addition to working as a journalist in 1978, Ngeze allegedly also earned money as a bus driver.<ref>[https://www.memoireonline.com/12/10/4197/m_The-crime-of-direct-and-public-incitement-to-commit-genocide-before-the-ictr-a-case-of-ngeze-hassan3.html The crime of direct and public incitement to commit genocide before the ictr: a case of ngeze hassan], ''Memoire Online''</ref>

Ngeze was the Editor-in-Chief of the bimonthly ''[[Kangura]]'' magazine, which was initially intended as a counterweight to the popular anti-government newspaper ''Kanguka'', and was financed by high-level members in the ruling [[MRND]] party of Hutu dictator [[Juvénal Habyarimana]]. Ngeze and his magazine had extensive links to the Akazu, the network of officials surrounding the President and his wife [[Agathe Habyarimana]]; this group included supporters of Hutu Power and the architects of the Rwandan genocide.

Ngeze is best known for publishing the "Hutu Ten Commandments" in the December edition of ''Kangura'' in 1990, which were essential in creating and spreading the anti-Tutsi feeling among Rwandan Hutus that led to the genocide. Ngeze himself was an active participant in the genocide once it got underway, creating death lists for the [[Interahamwe]] and [[Impuzamugambi]], as well as personally overseeing and participating in acts of [[torture]], rape, and mass [[murder]] his native Gisenyi Prefecture.

Ngeze is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence in Mali for his role in the genocide, after being convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2003.<ref>[https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2003/12/04/court-convicts-3-in-1994-genocide-across-rwanda/31652050007/ Court Convicts 3 in 1994 Genocide Across Rwanda], ''The Gainesville Sun''</ref> He was originally given a life sentence, but this was reduced via an appeal in 2007.