Dutch hear Rwandan genocide case

Some 800,000 people died in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda A Rwandan Hutu, Joseph Mpambara, has pleaded not guilty before a Dutch court to charges of rape and murder during the Rwandan genocide 14 years ago. Prosecutors say he took part in the massacre of Tutsis at a church complex and the hacking to death of seven people dragged out of an ambulance. He was living in the Netherlands when he was arrested in 2006. He is being tried under a Dutch law that allows the prosecution of war crimes committed overseas. Some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate... [read full story]                    

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