Dr Gérard Ntakirutimana a Rwandan that has has been serving a 25-year-prison sentence on Crimes against humanity, Genocide,extermination and murder was released on April 29.
The Inmate was serving his sentence at a prison in Benin and his released was announced by Theodor Meron the president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the ICTY.
However, the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide CNLG condemened the release of Dr. Ntakirutimana at a time when Rwandans are marking 100 days of the Genocide against Tutsi.
Dr. Ntakirutimana during the genocide worked at Mugonero hospital in former Kibuye Prefecture and was responsible for the deaths of dozens of Tutsi at the hopsital and surrounding areas.He procured of police officers and ammunition for the attack on the Mugonero complex.
On 19 February 2003, Trial Chamber I of the ICTR had convicted a senior Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mugonero, Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, and his son Dr. Gérard Ntakirutimana, a medical practitioner.
On 13 December 2004, the Appeals Chamber confirmed the sentences of 10 years and 25 years in prison, respectively, imposed by the Trial Chamber.
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