A former Rwandan mayor found guilty of genocide by a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in 2011 has on appeal had his sentence extended from 15 to 25 years.
In 2011 Gregoire Ndahimana was found guilty of “genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity” for failing to intervene when police under his command attacked a church where Tutsis were sheltering.
Both Ndahimana and the prosecution appealed. The sentence was raised by appeal judges for Ndahimana’s involvement in planning the massacre, rather than just aiding and abetting.
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