Idelphonse Nizeyimana: Difference between revisions

|image = IdelphonseNizeyimana_copy_600x882.jpg

|fullname = Idelphone Nizeyimana

|alias =

|origin = Gisenyi, Rwanda

|occupation = Captain in the Rwandan Armed Forces

|type of villain = War Criminal

|goals = Exterminate all Tutsis in Rwanda (failed)

|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]

An ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutu], Nizeyimana was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisenyi Gisenyi] prefecture in 1963, in the same commune as President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]]. In 1994, he held the rank of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_%28land_and_air%29 captain] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Armed_Forces Rwandan Armed Forces], and was the second-in-command, after [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tharcisse_Muvunyi&action=edit&redlink=1 Tharcisse Muvunyi], of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%89cole_des_sous-officiers&action=edit&redlink=1 École des sous-officiers] (ESO). He was convicted of ordering the execution of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Dowager Queen Dowager] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Gicanda Rosalie Gicanda] at the beginning of the killings in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butare Butare].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-2012_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idelphonse_Nizeyimana#cite_note-BBC-2012-2 [2]]</sup>

On November 27, 2000, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] (ICTR) issued an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictment indictment] against Nizeyimana, charging him with "[[genocide]], or in the alternative complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and [[crimes against humanity]]." Specifically, the indictment alleged that during the genocide, Nizeyimana had "instigated, encouraged, facilitated, or acquiesced to [...], the [[Interahamwe]] committing killings, kidnappings and the destruction of property."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idelphonse_Nizeyimana#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup> He was described as "one of [the] highest targets" of the ICTR.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-2009_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idelphonse_Nizeyimana#cite_note-BBC-2009-4 [4]]</sup>

According to the African Rights organisation he is a key member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide genocidical] [[Hutu Power]] [[FDLR]] militia. On October 6, 2009, Nizeyimana was arrested in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Ugandan] capital [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampala Kampala], apparently traveling from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Kenya] on false documents.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC-2009_4-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idelphonse_Nizeyimana#cite_note-BBC-2009-4 [4]]</sup> The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] government had previously offered a reward of up to US$5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idelphonse_Nizeyimana#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup> On June 19, 2012, the ICTR convicted Nizeyimana of ordering the killing of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_Gicanda Queen Gicanda], as well as other murders, and sentenced him to life imprisonment reduced to 30 years on appeal.

[[Category:Genocidal]]

[[Category:Imprisoned]]