Arusha,
Paul Bisengimana, former Mayor of Gikoro, Kigali-Rural and Aloys Simba, former Lieutenant Colonel in the Rwandan Armed Forces and former member of Parliament, have both pleaded not guilty to their alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
At one point during the massacres, Paul Bisengimana is alleged to have told a young Hutu who was seeking permission to rape Tutsis,
"Do not keep them as wives, but rather rape them to make a difference and kill them afterwards."
Paul Bisengimana, former Mayor of Gikoro, Kigali-Rural and Aloys Simba, former Lieutenant Colonel in the Rwandan Armed Forces and former member of Parliament, have both pleaded not guilty to their alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
At one point during the massacres, Paul Bisengimana is alleged to have told a young Hutu who was seeking permission to rape Tutsis,
"Do not keep them as wives, but rather rape them to make a difference and kill them afterwards."
Addressing a group of Interahamwe, he is also alleged to have said "Kill the Tutsis, rape the Tutsi women before killing them and loot their properties without forgetting to burn and destroy their houses."
He pleaded not guilty to the twelve counts charging him with genocide and/or complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, crimes against humanity for murder, extermination, rape, torture and other inhumane acts and violations of the Geneva Conventions.
He pleaded not guilty to the twelve counts charging him with genocide and/or complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, crimes against humanity for murder, extermination, rape, torture and other inhumane acts and violations of the Geneva Conventions.
Bisengimana is also accused of organising, planning and participating in the killing of several thousand people who had sought refuge at Musha Parish in Gikoro.
He was transferred to the UN Detention Facility in Arusha on March 11, from Mali, where he was arrested and detained, since December 4, 2001.
Aloys Simba, pleaded not guilty to the four counts charging him with genocide and/or complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity for murder and extermination. He is accused of having personally killed several people at Gikongoro town market and Kaduha trading centre, in Gikongoro prefecture.
He was transferred to the UN Detention Facility in Arusha on March 11, from Mali, where he was arrested and detained, since December 4, 2001.
Aloys Simba, pleaded not guilty to the four counts charging him with genocide and/or complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity for murder and extermination. He is accused of having personally killed several people at Gikongoro town market and Kaduha trading centre, in Gikongoro prefecture.