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Genocide Trial of Ex-Rwandan Mayor Ends at UN Court2006-08-24BBC Monitoring AfricaExcerpt from report by Rwandan radio on 24 August [Presenter] The trial of Francois Karera ended yesterday at the International Tribunal Criminal for Rwanda [ICTR]. Karera who was the former mayor of Kigali-Rural Province [central Rwanda] during the 1994 genocide is accused of organizing attacks on Tutsis who had taken refuge in Ntarama church in Bugesera. Francois Karera pleaded not guilty to all the charges he was accused of by about 18 prosecution witnesses. Sylvie Munganyinka reports from Arusha. [Reporter] Judges of the Trial Chamber I at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, led by Judge Eric Mose, on Wednesday [23 August] ended the trial of Francois Karera, the ex-mayor of the former Kigali-Rural Province who is blamed for the death of over 5,000 Tustis who were killed in Ntarama church in Bugesera. His testimony lasted about three days and brought to a close his trial. Francois Karera denied being a founder member of the Interhamwe [extremist Hutu militia] and that he never stepped at Ntarama where he is accused by over 18 prosecution witnesses of leading attacks against thousands of Tutsis who had taken refuge there. [Passage omitted] Karera's trial is one of the shortest trial at the ICTR, it began on 9 January 2006 and ended on 22 August. The date for the ruling will be announced later. (c) 2006 BBC Monitoring Africa. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.
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