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|hobby = Making hateful speeches about Tutsis}}'''Léon Mugesera''' (born 1952) is a convicted ''genocidaire'' from Rwanda who took residence in Quebec, Canada. He was deported from Canada for an inflammatory anti-Tutsi speech which his critics allege was a precursor to the 1994 [[Rwandan Genocide]] and in 2016 sentenced to life in prison.

==Biography==

An ethnic Hutu, Mugesera has been a member of the ruling [[MRND]] party (lead by President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], which had close ties to the military. He was MRND Vice-Chairman for Gisenyi prefecture.

An ethnic Hutu, Mugesera has been a member of the ruling [[MRND]] party (lead by President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]]), which had close ties to the military. He was MRND Vice-Chairman for Gisenyi prefecture.

In a speech given on November 22, 1992 in Rwanda, Mugesera allegedly told 1000 party members that "we the people are obliged to take responsibility ourselves and wipe out this scum" and that they should kill Tutsis and "dump their bodies into the rivers of Rwanda." This statement does not exist in the official translation of the speech, as presented in a legal document before the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada on August 8, 2003.

Following this speech, the Rwandan Minister of Justice, Stanislas Mbonampeka, issued an arrest warrant against him for inciting hatred. He fled with his family first to the Rwandan army and then to Quebec City in Quebec, Canada. Shortly afterwards, Mbonampeka resigned as Minister of Justice in protest.

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 |hobby = Making hateful speeches about Tutsis}}'''Léon Mugesera''' (born 1952) is a convicted ''genocidaire'' from Rwanda who took residence in Quebec, Canada. He was deported from Canada for an inflammatory anti-Tutsi speech which his critics allege was a precursor to the 1994 [[Rwandan Genocide]] and in 2016 sentenced to life in prison.
 ==Biography==
-An ethnic Hutu, Mugesera has been a member of the ruling [[MRND]] party (lead by President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], which had close ties to the military. He was MRND Vice-Chairman for Gisenyi prefecture.
+An ethnic Hutu, Mugesera has been a member of the ruling [[MRND]] party (lead by President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]]), which had close ties to the military. He was MRND Vice-Chairman for Gisenyi prefecture.
-In a speech given on November 22, 1992 in Rwanda, Mugesera allegedly told 1000 party members that "we the people are obliged to take responsibility ourselves and wipe out this scum" and that they should kill Tutsis and "dump their bodies into the rivers of Rwanda."  This statement does not exist in the official translation of the speech, as presented in a legal document before the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada on August 8, 2003.
+In a speech given on November 22, 1992 in Rwanda, Mugesera allegedly told 1000 party members that "we the people are obliged to take responsibility ourselves and wipe out this scum" and that they should kill Tutsis and "dump their bodies into the rivers of Rwanda." This statement does not exist in the official translation of the speech, as presented in a legal document before the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada on August 8, 2003.
 Following this speech, the Rwandan Minister of Justice, Stanislas Mbonampeka, issued an arrest warrant against him for inciting hatred. He fled with his family first to the Rwandan army and then to Quebec City in Quebec, Canada. Shortly afterwards, Mbonampeka resigned as Minister of Justice in protest.