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| |  | | Ferdinand Nahimana | | | context : | Rwanda  | | judgement place : | ICTR (Rwanda) | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Sentenced to life imprisonment; sentence reduced to 30 years by the Appeals Chamber on 28 November 2007 | | position : | Director of the Rwandan Office of Information, Director and Founder of the RTLM |
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| | | | This “hate media trial” has taken on a special importance since it is the first time, since the trial of Hitler’s propagandists at Nuremberg, that journalists have been in the dock of an International Tribunal.
Whereas, at first sight, it might have been construed as an infringement on the freedom of the press, the trial was nevertheless very well received by the media as well as by the international community overall. Reporters without Borders, even welcomed the proceedings of the ICTR, hoping that the sentence would create a precedent with the power to dissuade other similar initiatives in Rwanda or in any other country. The organisation also expressed the hope that this trial would shed light on the mechanisms which allow the creation and diffusion of such an especially hateful and dangerous extremist press. | |    | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Rwanda | | | date of birth : | | | 15.06.1950 | | | last time seen : | | | Arusha (Tanzania) | | | period of charges : | | | 01.01.1994 - 31.07.1994 | | | judgement period : | | | 23.10.2000 - 08.12.2003 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
Genocide | | | profile last modified : | | | 23.01.2008 |
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