{{The Finnish Supreme Court has rejected a petition for leave of appeal in the so-called Rwanda genocide case. }} <\/p>\n
The decision means Francois Barzaramba, a former Rwandan preacher convicted of genocide in his country will serve the life sentence imposed on him.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
He was sentenced after a five-year trial that included hearings in Africa. It was the first genocide trial ever in the Nordic region.<\/p>\n
Bazaramba appealed his sentence to the Helsinki Appeals Court. However, the court upheld the sentence in a decision given last March.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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