The Finnish Supreme Court has rejected a petition for leave of appeal in the so-called Rwanda genocide case.
The decision means Francois Barzaramba, a former Rwandan preacher convicted of genocide in his country will serve the life sentence imposed on him.
Bazaramba was convicted by a court in Porvoo in 2010 and given a life sentence. The District Court found he had been guilty of genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
He was sentenced after a five-year trial that included hearings in Africa. It was the first genocide trial ever in the Nordic region.
Bazaramba appealed his sentence to the Helsinki Appeals Court. However, the court upheld the sentence in a decision given last March.
His defence counsel announced that an appeal will be filed with the UN’s Committee Against Torture and an appeal is also being consider to the European Court of Human Rights.
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