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Bishop goes on trial

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    The trial of Catholic bishop Augustin Misago, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, began in Kigali on Tuesday, news organisations reported. In the court, Misago, whose diocese is Gikongoro, maintained his innocence and insisted he was being made a scapegoat. His lawyer, Alfred Pognon, was quoted by Associated Press as saying the trial was
    "political". "I cannot accept a person to be condemned when it is the institution the person belongs to that is being blamed," Pognon said. Misago, the first ever bishop accused of genocide, was arrested in April after being publicly denounced by President Pasteur Bizimungu.

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