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ARUSHA (Tanzania): A U.N. tribunal on Friday upheld its conviction of a former Rwandan Government Minister for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 slaughter in the small central African nation. The former Information Minister, Eliezer Niyitegeka, who was challenging his May 2003 conviction, must now spend the rest of his life in prison, Judge Theodor Meron said, handing down his ruling in the appeals chamber of the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda based in Tanzania. Niyitegeka has no possibility of being released on parole or on good behaviour. More than 500,000 minority Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed in the 100-day slaughter that was orchestrated by the then-extremist Hutu Government. About 22 genocide suspects are on trial at the United Nations tribunal. The court has already concluded trials of 22 other suspects, including three it found innocent. Nine appeals are in progress. Niyitegeka was alleged to have made speeches at public rallies inciting ethnic hatred toward Tutsis. His indictment also alleged that he knew his subordinates were planning to commit nationwide massacres but he did nothing to prevent the killings. — AP
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