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Ohio man convicted in US of lying about role in Rwandan genocide
A federal jury found Eric Nshimiye guilty of perjury and obstruction after prosecutors said he hid his role in the 1994 genocide.
- A federal jury in Boston on Tuesday found Eric Nshimiye guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice for lying about his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide during a 2019 trial.
- Prosecutors alleged Nshimiye falsified information to conceal his participation in the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus by the hard-line Hutu regime during three months of slaughter in Rwanda.
- During the 2019 trial of former classmate Jean Leonard Teganya, Nshimiye denied belonging to the National Revolutionary Movement for Development or participating in violence while a medical student in Butare.
- Defense attorney Kurt Kerns argued the charges were based on "fabricated accusations," claiming Nshimiye was prosecuted only after testifying as a character witness for Teganya.
- Nshimiye, a United States citizen since 2003, faces sentencing on January 26 after living in the country since 1995 and working as an engineer for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co in Uniontown, Ohio.
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Ohio man convicted in US of lying about role in Rwandan genocide
A Rwandan-born Ohio man has been convicted of US charges that he lied during a 2019 criminal trial as part of a decades-long scheme to conceal his involvement in the African nation's 1994 genocide.
·London, United Kingdom
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