Rwandan war crimes suspect beaten in Canada prison

[Psycho4Bud]

OTTAWA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- A Rwandan man on trial for war crimes for his alleged role in his country's 1994 genocide has been attacked and beaten in his Montreal jail cell, local media reported Thursday.

Desire Munyaneza, 40, was severely beaten Wednesday night and taken to hospital bleeding from his eyes and with possible head wounds. His trial on Thursday had to be postponed to Monday, Canadian Television reported.

"He was almost killed last night, so he has to be in the proper mental and physical state to stand trial," said his lawyer Laurence Cohen.

Munyaneza faces a life sentence on seven charges under Canada's war crimes act, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted, to be served in Canada.

The son of a wealthy Rwandan family, Munyaneza came to Canada in 1997 as a refugee and took up residence in Toronto, where he was arrested in 2005.
Xinhua - English (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/13/content_5969208.htm)

Personally I am appaulled at these types of actions..........what kind of barbaric people would do such a thing?:D

SOMEBODY needs to be impeached from this! WAR crime trial...the works! What ever happened to the Geneva convention? tsk, tsk, tsk........:D

Have a good one!:s4:

[mrdevious]

Aww come on P4B, remarks just aren't witty if you copy/paste them from one thread to the next. But I see your point, Canada generally gets less attention over it's government's bullshit, and we certainly have plenty BS to spare!:D But we're a bit more of a complacent bunch, more concerned with gun registries, kyoto accords, and getting drunk and stoned over hockey games.
But honestly, I don't think the Harper government personally OK's the abuses, they've seemed pretty on the level since they got in (if not a bit backwards on a few issues, especially the war on drugs).

[Psycho4Bud]

Aww come on P4B, remarks just aren't witty if you copy/paste them from one thread to the next. But I see your point

Sorry.........LOL.....I see all these Canadians on here bashing the same type of thing when it concerns the U.S. but NEVER post on their own backyard.

As always you DO remain the voice of reason.:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:

[medicinal]

OTTAWA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- A Rwandan man on trial for war crimes for his alleged role in his country's 1994 genocide has been attacked and beaten in his Montreal jail cell, local media reported Thursday.

Desire Munyaneza, 40, was severely beaten Wednesday night and taken to hospital bleeding from his eyes and with possible head wounds. His trial on Thursday had to be postponed to Monday, Canadian Television reported.

"He was almost killed last night, so he has to be in the proper mental and physical state to stand trial," said his lawyer Laurence Cohen.

Munyaneza faces a life sentence on seven charges under Canada's war crimes act, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted, to be served in Canada.

The son of a wealthy Rwandan family, Munyaneza came to Canada in 1997 as a refugee and took up residence in Toronto, where he was arrested in 2005.
Xinhua - English (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/13/content_5969208.htm)

Personally I am appaulled at these types of actions..........what kind of barbaric people would do such a thing?:D

SOMEBODY needs to be impeached from this! WAR crime trial...the works! What ever happened to the Geneva convention? tsk, tsk, tsk........:D

Have a good one!:s4:

It doesn't really say, but I get the impression he was beaten by other prisoners, not the guards, correct me if I'm wrong.

[fishman3811]

P4B come on bud he was beaten by inmates.Canadian prison guards dont beat up prisoners thats a joke....they dont call our prisons club med for nothing.Our corrections officers dont even carry guns lol.

[Psycho4Bud]

P4B come on bud he was beaten by inmates.Canadian prison guards dont beat up prisoners thats a joke....they dont call our prisons club med for nothing.Our corrections officers dont even carry guns lol.

LMAO! I knew that...there are MANY different articles out there but.......LOL

Now ya see how a "twist" on things can really show the wrong picture? Sorry for messin' with your heads........LOL

Have a good one!:s4: