Paris court gives Rwandan ex-doctor a 27-year sentence for his role in the 1994 genocide

Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Wednesday sentenced a Rwandan former doctor to 27 years in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Eugène Rwamucyo, a 65-year-old former doctor, has been found guilty of “complicity in genocide,” “complicity in crimes against humanity” and “conspiracy” to prepare those crimes. He has denied any wrongdoing. Three decades after the genocide, several witnesses traveled to Paris for the four-week trial and gave graphic descriptions of the killings in the Butare region where Rwamucyo was at the time. The massacres saw more than 800,000 of Rwanda’s minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them killed.