{"id":21954,"date":"2009-10-30T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/21954-en-en-301009-rwandacanada-canadian-court-gives-life-jail-to-rwandan-for-1994-genocide1276112761.html"},"modified":"2009-10-30T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:00:00","slug":"en-en-301009-rwandacanada-canadian-court-gives-life-jail-to-rwandan-for-1994-genocide1276112761","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/21954-en-en-301009-rwandacanada-canadian-court-gives-life-jail-to-rwandan-for-1994-genocide1276112761.html","title":{"rendered":"30.10.09 - RWANDA\/CANADA - CANADIAN COURT GIVES LIFE JAIL TO RWANDAN FOR 1994 GENOCIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p >\nArusha, 30 October 2009 (FH) - A Canadian court Thursday jailed for life a Rwandan, Desire Munyaneza, for his role in the 1994 genocide.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This was Canada's first war crimes trial, according to AFP dispatch. <\/p>\n<p >\nMunyaneza, 42, had been found guilty of seven counts of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity for the rape, murder and torture of dozens of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in southern Rwanda from April to July 1994.\n<\/p>\n<p >\nHe received the maximum penalty under Canadian law - 25 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.\n<\/p>\n<p >\nThe trial was the first test of a Canadian law passed in October 2000 claiming &quot;universal jurisdiction&quot; over the world's most horrific crimes.\n<\/p>\n<p >\nMunyaneza was arrested in Toronto in 2005 after seeking asylum in Canada, which Canadian immigration officials rejected. 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