Rwandan Woman Charged With Genocide

The Daily Telegraph reports:

The first woman to be charged with genocide and incitement to rape before an international court, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, has been sentenced to life in prison, by the UN court for Rwanda.

Nyiramasuhuko, a former minister for the family and women's empowerment, was found guilty on seven of the 11 genocide charges she faced, including conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide and "rape as a crime against humanity."

Her son Arsene Shalom Ntahobali, one of five co-accused, was also sentenced to life.

Nyiramasuhuko, 65, is the only female detainee at the UN court. She has been appearing in court since 2001 along with her five co-accused: her son and four former local officials.

The verdict comes 16 years after the first of the co-accused were arrested.