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Philippe Hategekimana

The credibility of witnesses was at the heart of the Hategekimana trial. Accused of genocide in Rwanda, he was on trial in France. Verdict: life imprisonment.
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Hategekimana proves classic Rwandan case

A French court on June 28 sentenced former Rwandan gendarme Philippe Hategekimana to life in jail for genocide and crimes against humanity. In the final days of this trial, where testimony was central, the prosecution and defence clashed over the credibility of witness accounts. Such clashes are a constant feature of these Rwandan genocide trials, […]
By Lena Bjurström
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Genocide in Rwanda - Drawing showing Philippe Hategekimana at his trial in Paris.

Philippe Hategekimana makes final statement, then goes silent

The children of genocide in Rwanda - Hategekimana trial / France Manier in France

I was 10 years old in Rwanda in 1994 and now a prosecution witness

Genocide in Rwanda - At the Hategekimana trial in Paris (France), Rwandan priest Hormisdas Nsengimana was called as a witness.

Controversial priest dodges in Hategekimana trial

Philippe Hategekimana (or Philippe Manier / former Rwandan gendarme) at his trial in Paris, France.

Hategekimana trial: former Rwandan soldiers have memory gaps

Genocide in Rwanda - Trial in France of ex-gendarme Philippe Manier (formerly Philippe Hategekimana)

Genocide in Rwanda: the multiple lives of a gendarmerie officer on trial in Paris