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Augustin Bizimungu (born 28 August 1952) is a Rwandan convicted war criminal and former general of the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). On 16 April 1994, at the start of the genocide against the Tutsi , he was appointed chief of staff of the army and promoted to the rank of major general.
May 17, 2011 · Rwanda's Augustin Bizimungu in profile. Justice has finally caught up with Rwanda's former army chief Augustin Bizimungu 17 years after the genocide ended. He managed to escape capture for eight ...
Hotel Rwanda. Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 docudrama film co-written and directed by Terry George. It was adapted from a screenplay by George and Keir Pearson, and stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana. Based on the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which occurred during the spring of 1994, the ...
The genocide in Rwanda, which took place a decade ago, was the subject of little news coverage at the time and seems an unlikely subject for a film released during the holidays. But in "Hotel ...
Jan 13, 2023 · At the fatal moment when a group of militiamen finally broke into the building, a powerful local military man, General Augustin Bizimungu, told the intruders that anybody committing violence at the hotel would be killed. Bizimungu, who has since been convicted for his role in the genocide, had shown up at the hotel's on-site bar (via The ...
Apr 18, 2021 · The ending of Hotel Rwanda is powerful, if not entirely accurate. MGM Distribution Co. As is explained in the film's end title card, Paul ultimately saved at least 1,200 refugees by housing them ...
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The second case was that of Major-General Augustin Bizimungu, which remained unresolved when the film was released. Earlier this year, however, a Trial Chamber of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (â ICTRâ ) convicted Bizimungu and sentenced him to thirty years in prison.
