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Bishop denies participating in genocide planning

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    Bishop Augustin Misago on Thursday rejected any "complicity" with the 1994 genocide perpetrators, saying he became involved with them only on humanitarian grounds. "I did not attend any meetings in which genocide plans were discussed," Misago was quoted by the Rwanda News Agency (RNA) as saying at the resumption of his trial in Kigali. Misago told the court
    that his diocese's charity had installed its office at Murambi and distributed aid to some 50,000 Tutsis who were later killed in the genocide. Misago is charged with five counts of genocide and crimes against humanity.

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