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Juvénal Uwilingiyimana

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183:, inquired that the last meeting with Uwilingiyimana took place three days before his disappearance. One week after his disappearance a letter appeared by Uwilingiyimana. In the letter dated November 5, 2005, Uwilingiyimana addresses the prosecutor of the ICTR. It has him saying that he will no longer deal with the ICTR regarding the genocide. The letter also said that he was being told to give false information in order to incriminate others and that Rapps Canadian investigators had threatened to kill him and cut his body in pieces if he did not give the false testimony he required. This included certain members of the 191:
Although, the ICTR claims that extra precautions were taken in him releasing any information to them. Uwilingiyimana was not officially indicted by the tribunal until a week after he went missing. Defence counsel at the tribunal demanded that Rapp and the two Canadian police officers be suspended and investigated for involvement in the murder but nothing was done.
111:. In 1994 he became the director of national tourism in the provisional government following Habyarimana's assassination. The former Rwandan minister was collaborating with the Rwanda International Criminal Court (ICTR), which judges those responsible for the 1994 genocide, and had expressed fear for his life for his collaboration with the ICTR. 190:
On December 23, 2005, his badly mangled body was found floating in a canal in Brussels. It could have been a message: no one messes with the “family”, even if you are part of it. His body was so decomposed that DNA evidence was required to identify it. His hands had also been severed from his body.
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Two members of the ICTR repeatedly interrogated the Rwandan politician, who was responsible for the massacre of 4,200 Rwandans. Uwilingiyimana's confessions allowed him to reduce part of his sentence, according to an agreement he had reached with the court. The last interrogation with the ICTR took
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issued a statement indicating that "this individual, although an indictee of the Tribunal, voluntarily agreed to cooperate in the search for truth and justice for the Rwanda genocide of 1994. I convey my sincere condolences to his family."
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and murder. Following his indictment, Uwilingiyimana met with ICTR officials a number of times from August to November 2005, and provided information later used in the prosecution of other members of the former régime.
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On 21 November 2005, he disappeared from his home. Three months before his death he provided information to Arusha (Tanzania), the seat of the UN Court, which judges all those responsible for the Rwandan genocide.
104: 84: 143: 289: 279: 95:(1951–2005) was a Rwandan politician. He held office as Commerce Minister and as the head of national parks. He was an ethnic 248: 294: 208: 120: 168:
place just three days before disappearing under harsh circumstances, his wife reported his disappearance.
151: 147: 108: 172: 284: 269: 264: 124: 209:"Hallado muerto en un canal de Bruselas un ex ministro de Ruanda | Internacional | EL PAÍS" 258: 180: 223:"The Kabuga soap opera shifts into high gear (Part Two) | The New Times | Rwanda" 238: 222: 128: 142:
On 10 June 2005 he was accused of complicity in the Rwandan genocide by the
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prefecture. In 1989, he was appointed the Minister for Trade in the
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People indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
127:, Uwilingiyimana fled the country. As of 2005, he was living in 96: 85:
National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
80: 72: 64: 50: 42: 28: 21: 8: 249:ICTR Newsletter December 2005-January 2006 171:In response to his death, ICTR Prosecutor 144:International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 18: 200: 119:Shortly thereafter, in the wake of the 7: 179:The Chief Investigator of the ICTR, 187:, and the leadership of the MRND. 14: 239:Canal body 'was Rwandan minister' 290:Rwandan expatriates in Belgium 280:Government ministers of Rwanda 1: 311: 146:. The charges included 159:Disappearance and death 152:complicity in genocide 148:incitement to genocide 93:Juvénal Uwilingiyimana 54:November–December 2005 23:Juvénal Uwilingiyimana 173:Hassan Bubacar Jallow 109:Juvénal Habyarimana 65:Cause of death 241:, 23 December 2005 123:victory after the 115:After the genocide 99:and originated in 16:Rwandan politician 90: 89: 302: 247: 237: 227: 226: 219: 213: 212: 205: 125:Rwandan genocide 76:17 december 2005 46:21 November 2005 19: 310: 309: 305: 304: 303: 301: 300: 299: 255: 254: 244: 234: 231: 230: 221: 220: 216: 207: 206: 202: 197: 161: 117: 81:Political party 73:Body discovered 60: 55: 38: 33: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 308: 306: 298: 297: 295:Rwandan exiles 292: 287: 282: 277: 272: 267: 257: 256: 253: 252: 251:, January 2006 242: 229: 228: 214: 199: 198: 196: 193: 160: 157: 135:, a suburb of 116: 113: 107:government of 88: 87: 82: 78: 77: 74: 70: 69: 66: 62: 61: 56: 52: 48: 47: 44: 40: 39: 34: 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 307: 296: 293: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 262: 260: 250: 246: 243: 240: 236: 233: 232: 224: 218: 215: 210: 204: 201: 194: 192: 188: 186: 182: 177: 174: 169: 165: 158: 156: 153: 149: 145: 140: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 114: 112: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 86: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 31: 27: 20: 245: 235: 217: 203: 189: 181:Stephen Rapp 178: 170: 166: 162: 141: 118: 92: 91: 285:Hutu people 270:2005 deaths 265:1951 births 43:Disappeared 259:Categories 195:References 129:Anderlecht 137:Brussels 68:Murder¿? 133:Belgium 101:Gisenyi 58:Belgium 36:Gisenyi 185:Akazu 105:MRND 97:Hutu 51:Died 32:1951 29:Born 121:RPF 261:: 150:, 139:. 131:, 225:. 211:.

Index

Gisenyi
Belgium
National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
Hutu
Gisenyi
MRND
Juvénal Habyarimana
RPF
Rwandan genocide
Anderlecht
Belgium
Brussels
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
incitement to genocide
complicity in genocide
Hassan Bubacar Jallow
Stephen Rapp
Akazu
"Hallado muerto en un canal de Bruselas un ex ministro de Ruanda | Internacional | EL PAÍS"
"The Kabuga soap opera shifts into high gear (Part Two) | The New Times | Rwanda"
Canal body 'was Rwandan minister'
ICTR Newsletter December 2005-January 2006
Categories
1951 births
2005 deaths
People indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Government ministers of Rwanda
Hutu people
Rwandan expatriates in Belgium
Rwandan exiles

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