Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza
Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza (1950 – 25 April 2010) was a convicted génocidaire and politician associated with the Hutu Power movement. A high-ranking civil servant, Barayagwiza served as policy director within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time of the Rwandan genocide. He has been described as one of the "masterminds" of the genocide.
Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza | |
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| Born | 1950 Mutura, Gisenyi, Ruanda-Urundi |
| Died | 25 April 2010 (aged 59/60) Porto Novo, Benin |
| Nationality | Rwandan |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, civil servant |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide; complicity in genocide; and crimes against humanity (persecution, extermination and murder) (ICTR-97-27-1 on 10 November 1999) |
| Criminal penalty | 32 years imprisonment |
Barayagwiza was a founding member of the extremist party Coalition for the Defence of the Republic, which was considered to take an even more radical stance against the Tutsi population than the governing National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development. As chairman of the executive committee of popular radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTML), he would preside over the airing of content urging genocidal violence against the Tutsis.