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Rwandan deported from U.S. denies charges

Rwandan deported from U.S. denies charges

CLEMENT UWIRIGIYIMANA A Rwandan woman who was deported by the United States and is facing charges related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda appeared in court yesterday and denied the charges against her. Speaking in a court in the Rwandan capital, Beatrice Munyenyezi sobbed and said: "It's fake. I wonder why," adding that she was a pregnant teenager during the genocide and did not have the power to do any of the things she stands accused of, such as mounting roadblocks where ethnic Tutsis were then killed. Last month, the 51-year-old woman was flown into Kigali, accompanied by U.S. federal…
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Two deported Rwandans to face genocide charges

Two deported Rwandans to face genocide charges

TWO Rwandans - one arrested in France and the other deported from the US - are expected to face charges related to the 1994 genocide in which over a million people were killed, many more injured and displaced Beatrice Munyenyezi, who was deported by the United States after serving a prison term for lying on her naturalisation application, faces seven charges related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, authorities in Kigali said. Priest Marcel Hitayezu, who has been living in France,  was arrested this week at his home in Montlieu-la-Garde on charges related to crimes against Humanity and Genocide, according…
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