Hassan Ngeze



Hassan Ngeze (born 25 December 1957) is a Rwandan journalist best known for spreading anti-Tutsi propaganda and Hutu superiority through his newspaper, Kangura, which he founded in 1990. Ngeze was a founding member and leadership figure in the Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (CDR), a Rwandan Hutu Power political party that is known for helping to incite the Rwandan Genocide.

Ngeze is best known for publishing the "Hutu Ten Commandments" in the December edition of Kangura in 1990, which were essential in creating and spreading the anti-Tutsi feeling among Rwandan Hutus that led to the genocide. Ngeze himself was an active participant in the genocide, creating death lists for the Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi, as well as personally overseeing and participating in acts of torture, rape, and mass murder his native Gisenyi Prefecture.

Ngeze is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence in Mali for his role in the genocide, after being convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2003. He was originally given a life sentence, but this was reduced via an appeal in 2007.