Local Courts Begin Genocide Proceedings
From Times Wire Reports
RWANDA
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Residents of Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, met in a dusty clearing to open the first session of a community court to try neighbors accused of participating in a 1994 genocide.
Survivors joined the suspects to learn procedures and schedule the weekly sessions.
Similar openings were held at 12 locations across Rwanda. The courts are being used to speed up trials for the 115,000 people suspected of taking part in the massacre of more than 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates. The maximum sentence is life in prison.
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