Georges Henri Yvon Joseph Ruggiu ( born October 12 , 1957 , in Verviers , Belgium ) was a presenter on the Rwandan radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines , which played a significant role in promoting the genocide against the Tutsi . Like the station 's other broadcasters , Ruggiu incited violence against Tutsi and moderate Hutu over the air . Ruggiu eventually pleaded guilty to charges of incitement to commit genocide and in 2000 was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . An Italian-Belgian who became involved in Rwandan politics two years before the genocide , Ruggiu was the only non-Rwandan charged with involvement in the genocide
genocide against the Tutsi
Rwandan genocide
Georges Ruggiu