text: Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes
  
  June 30, 2005 
  
  Two Rwandan businessmen were sentenced to 10 and 12 years for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. 
  The two, tried in Belgium, could have faced up to 25 years in prison, the court decided on a lesser sentence as the convicted businessmen played no direct role in the killings. They were convicted based on their offers of transportation and weapons to Hutu militas in the planned massacre of Tutsis in a church and a municipal building where Tutsis and Hutus had met. 
  The trial was one of only two ground-breaking trials held in Belgium since local law changed to allow Belgian courts to prosecute violations of the Geneva conventions on the conduct of war regardless of where the violations occurred. The law was revised in 2003 to limit its scope as activists had attempted to seek the prosecution of world leaders including United States President George W. Bush. As Belgian citizens, the two Rwandans were subject to the new law.
tokens: Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes June 30 , 2005 Two Rwandan businessmen were sentenced to 10 and 12 years for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . The two , tried in Belgium , could have faced up to 25 years in prison , the court decided on a lesser sentence as the convicted businessmen played no direct role in the killings . They were convicted based on their offers of transportation and weapons to Hutu militas in the planned massacre of Tutsis in a church and a municipal building where Tutsis and Hutus had met . The trial was one of only two ground - breaking trials held in Belgium since local law changed to allow Belgian courts to prosecute violations of the Geneva conventions on the conduct of war regardless of where the violations occurred . The law was revised in 2003 to limit its scope as activists had attempted to seek the prosecution of world leaders including United States President George W. Bush . As Belgian citizens , the two Rwandans were subject to the new law .
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nps.text: War Crimes
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nps.text: Two Rwandan businessmen
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nps.text: a lesser sentence
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nps.text: the convicted businessmen
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nps.text: no direct role
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nps.text: They
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nps.text: their offers
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nps.text: the planned massacre
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nps.text: Tutsis
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nps.text: a church
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nps.text: Tutsis
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nps.text: The trial
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nps.text: only two ground-breaking trials
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nps.text: Belgium
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nps.text: local law
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nps.text: the Geneva conventions
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nps.text: The law
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nps.text: its scope
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nps.text: the prosecution
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nps.text: world leaders
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nps.text: United States President George W. Bush
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nps.text: Belgian citizens
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nps.text: the two Rwandans
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nps.text: the new law
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nps.text: Hutu militas
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