1994 Genocide in Rwanda and Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal: Desire Munyaneza, the first person ever to be convicted under Canada war-crimes act, was initially found guilty in 2009 for acts committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, according to CTV. Munyaneza was a former Rwandan militia commander who fled the country in 1997, coming to Canada under a fake Cameroon passport and claiming refugee status and Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a guilty verdict for a man sentenced to life in prison for committing war crimes. He was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years for torturing and raping civilians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.