Georges Rutaganda ( November 27 , 1958 &ndash; October 11 , 2010 ) was the second vice-president of the Rwandan Hutu militia '' Interahamwe '' . Rutaganda was partly responsible for the Rwandan genocide of 1994 . Prosecutor James Stewart stated that " Without Georges Rutaganda , the Rwandan genocide would not have functioned the way it did . " He was on radio RTLM ( Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines ) in Kigali in 1994 , encouraging Interahamwe Militia to exterminate all Tutsis . It was alleged that Rutaganda captured , raped , and tortured Tutsi women in Interahamwe hideouts in Kigali . Other accounts state that Rutaganda captured Tutsi prostitutes , believing them to be witches . During this time , Rutaganda was reported to supply his militia with stolen supplies from the Rwandan military . Rutaganda was arrested on October 10 , 1995 , and transferred to Arusha , Tanzania , on May 26 , 1996 . He was sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide , crimes against humanity and murder
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Georges Rutaganda