ICTR finds former tea factory manager guilty of genocide

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted the former tea factory manager, Alfred Musema, of genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Internews agency, describing the trial as one of the most compelling and complicated cases before the Tribunal, said 50 year-old Musema stood impassively as the charges and sentence were read out. He was convicted of genocide, extermination and rape. “Musema committed these acts with the specific intent to destroy the Tutsi group,” said presiding judge Lennart Aspegren. Musema was manager of the Gisovu tea factory in Bisesero, western Rwanda, at the time of the crimes during the 1994 genocide. His is the fifth conviction by the ICTR.