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|criminal_charge = {{Bulleted list |1 count of [[genocide]]|1 count of complicity in genocide|6 counts of [[crimes against humanity]] (1 for [[Genocide|extermination]], 1 for [[murder]], 1 for [[rape]], 1 for [[torture]], 1 for other inhumane acts, and 1 for [[persecution]])|5 counts of Violations of Common Article 3 and [[Additional Protocol II]]}} |
|criminal_charge = {{Bulleted list |1 count of [[genocide]]|1 count of complicity in genocide|6 counts of [[crimes against humanity]] (1 for [[Genocide|extermination]], 1 for [[murder]], 1 for [[rape]], 1 for [[torture]], 1 for other inhumane acts, and 1 for [[persecution]])|5 counts of Violations of Common Article 3 and [[Additional Protocol II]]}} |
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|conviction_status = Died before trial |
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|known_for = Rwandan defence minister and alleged perpetrator in the Rwandan genocide |
|known_for = Rwandan defence minister and alleged perpetrator in the Rwandan genocide |
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Revision as of 09:32, 22 May 2020
Augustin Bizimana | |
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| Born | c. 1954 |
| Died | August 2000 (aged 45–46) |
| Known for | Rwandan defence minister and alleged perpetrator in the Rwandan genocide |
| Criminal status | Died before trial |
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Augustin Bizimana (1954 – August 2000) was a Rwandan politician who was wanted for his alleged role in the Rwandan genocide.[1]
Born in Gituza commune, Byumba Province, Rwanda, of Hutu ethnicity, Bizimana held the position of Minister of Defence in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana formed on 18 July 1993.
After Habyarimana's assassination, Bizimana became the Minister of Defence in the interim government until mid-July 1994. Among his powers were control over the possession of weapons by the civilian population, and control over the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR), the government's army.
Bizimana was charged with 13 counts of genocide, complicity in genocide, extermination, murder, rape, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity in connection with the Rwandan genocide.[2] Among other crimes, he was alleged to be responsible for the murders of Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, 10 Belgian United Nations peacekeepers, and Tutsi civilians. Bizimana was believed to be a fugitive until May 2020, when DNA tests showed that human remains from a grave site in Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo belonged to Bizimana. He's believed to have died in Pointe-Noire in August 2000.[3][4]
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