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The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
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1994 court of the United Nations Security Council
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Rwandan politician convicted of genocide
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Intentional destruction of a people
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