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Nine sentenced to death for genocide

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    A criminal court in western Rwanda last week sentenced nine people to death and 16 others to life imprisonment for participation in the 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Kibuye Prefecture. Radio Rwanda reported that nine other genocide suspects were acquitted by the court for "lack of
    evidence." Meanwhile, 47 genocide suspects were released from Gikongoro prison in southwest Rwanda after a local court ruled it also "lacked enough evidence for their alleged crimes," the radio said. More than 120,000 people are being held in Rwandan prisons awaiting trial for their alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide.

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