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Mon May 28, 2012, 05:29 PM May 2012

Rwandan man pleads not guilty in Ottawa war crimes trial

Source: CBC

A former schoolteacher accused of participating in the mass genocide in Rwanda pleaded not guilty as his war crimes trial began Monday.

Jacques Mungwarere, 39, is the second Rwandan to be prosecuted under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, which was introduced in 2000 and allows for prosecution no matter where or when an alleged war crime may have been committed.

Mungwaware, arrested in 2009 in Windsor, Ont., has opted for a trial by judge only.

He sat behind his legal team in court, listening as prosecutors laid out their case to a judge at an Ottawa courtroom Monday.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/05/28/ottawa-war-crimes-trial-rwanda-genocide-jacques-mungwarere.html

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