U.N. appeals court upholds conviction of former Rwandan minister

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) upheld Friday the conviction of former Rwandan Information Minister Eliezer Niyitegeka for genocide and crimes against humanity. Niyitegeka was convicted on May 15, 2003, for his role in the 1994 genocide by the Hutu government in Rwanda in which more than 500,000 were killed. [more]