Arusha — The only woman ever being indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for genocide and crimes against humanity, her son and former mayor, Friday were sentenced to life imprisonment after having been found guilt for their participation in the 1994 genocide.
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (65), former Rwandan Minister for Family and Women Affairs and her son Arsene Shalom Ntahobali were found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity of extermination, rape and persecution and war crimes. Nyiramasuhuko was in addition convicted for conspiracy to commit genocide.
"For these crimes and considering all relevant circumstances, the Chamber sentences you Pauline Nyiramasuhuko to life imprisonment," declared Tanzanian Presiding Judge, William Sekule as Nyiramasuhuko herself was on her feet listening to the verdict.
Standing between the two UN security officers, Nyiramasuhuko puts on a gloomy face as the sentence was being announced before a packed court room.
The Chamber found that between April and Mid June, 1994, Nyiramasuhuko and Ntahobali ordered Interahamwe and soldiers to go to Butare prefecture offices to physically assault, rape and take away hundreds of Tutsis to various places in Butare to be killed.
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