Théoneste Bagosora
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Colonel Théoneste Bagosora was a Rwandan military officer and a key figure in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He was considered one of the main architects of the genocide, which involved the planned mass murder of Rwanda's minority Tutsi population and moderate Hutu who opposed the genocidal intentions.12
The genocide, which lasted approximately 100 days from April to July 1994, resulted in the deaths of over 800,000 civilians. Bagosora was identified as having played a significant role in organizing the interim government of Hutu extremists that was established after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for his role in orchestrating the killings, though his sentence was later reduced.12
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Rwanda genocide of 1994GenocideThéoneste Bagosora, who later would be identified as having played a significant role in organizing the genocide. The speaker of the National Development Council (Rwanda’s legislative body at the time), Theodore Sindikubwabo, became interim president on April 8, and the interim government was inaugurated on…
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…senior military officers—including former colonel Bagosora, who was considered the main architect of the genocide—were brought to trial at the ICTR. The ICTR alleged that Bagosora had begun planning the genocide as early as 1992, and it charged that all four had trained the militias that killed Tutsi and moderate…
Read More…senior military officers—including former colonel Bagosora, who was considered the main architect of the genocide—were brought to trial at the ICTR. The ICTR alleged that Bagosora had begun planning the genocide as early as 1992, and it charged that all four had trained the militias that killed Tutsi and moderate…
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