Ethnic Tensions: Leon Mugesera

Leon Mugesera: KIGALI, Rwanda - The trial of a former Quebec resident deported to Rwanda to face charges related to the 1994 genocide that killed nearly one million people has captivated this impoverished African nation still struggling with ethnic tensions. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The speech is seen as one of the triggers that led to a 100-day massacre of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Leon Mugesera RYAN REMIORZ / THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES Leon Mugesera, a former Universite Laval lecturer, is accused of inciting genocide in a fiery anti-Tutsi speech in 1992, in which he referred to them as cockroaches and suggested they should be exterminated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.