00:00France Appeals Court has upheld a 27-year prison sentence for former Rwandan Dr. Eugène Ramusio over his role in
00:09the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
00:12A judicial source said the Paris Court confirmed the sentence late Friday into Saturday.
00:17The 67-year-old Ramusio was again found guilty on complicity in genocide, complicity in crimes against humanity, and joining
00:25a criminal conspiracy to prepare those crimes.
00:28He was, however, cleared of genocide and crimes against humanity charges.
00:32His appeal trial opened in Paris on June 9 and ran for six weeks.
00:37Ramusio had already been sentenced to 27 years in prison in October 2024.
00:42He faces life imprisonment under France's universal jurisdiction rule, which allows French courts to try certain international crimes committed abroad.
00:51Ramusio, who grew up in a Hutu family, was approached by anti-Tutsi militants in the late 1980s after his
00:58return from studying in Russia, according to prosecutors, who accused him of then spreading anti-Tutsi propaganda.
01:04Ramusio, who managed to establish a caliber of a
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