Alfred Musema (22 August1949- ) is a Rwandanbusinessperson. On 27 January2000, he was found guilty of three counts of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the Rwandan genocide, where he commited acts of rape and murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit_oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Genocide is the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status or other particularity. ... This article is in need of attention. ... The skulls of victims show gashes and signs of violence The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus by a group of Hutu extremists known as Interahamwe during a period of 100 days in 1994. ...
United Nations appeal judges in The Hague have upheld the conviction of former tea factory boss AlfredMusema for his involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda.
During his trial, Musema said he was elsewhere at the times of the attacks and he challenged his conviction on the grounds that the prosecution evidence was unreliable and his sentence was excessive.
An estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in the 1994 genocide.