according to defence team: #SimonBikindi was artist. As a human, he had rights of free speech and expression...
what about not only right, but responsibilities too...
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The #defence team is trying to tip the scale towards the innocence of #SimonBikindi – the tension between the ethnicities was there long before the songs were released and broadcasted. Forbidding him to sing those would violate the right of free speech. Also, he didn't kill anyone.

Will the judges be convinced by their arguments?

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10 years in prison for spreading hate speech and broadcasting songs that could lead to a massacre in Rwanda – that's the word of #prosecution on the #SimonBikindi #trial.

Was that his responsibility after all? The other side is still to say...

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Long-term growing tensions between Hutu and Tutsi ended up in a genocide in 1994, which led to the extermination of up to 800 000 Tutsi population of #Rwanda.
The #MICC is trying to figure out what role the famous singer-songwriter #SimonBikindi played in it.

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what is it - freedom of art and expressions of thought, or manipulation of people to do something horrible?!
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The most controversial case of a formerly well-known Rwandan singer Simon Bikindi. The judges have to decide whether a pop artist is responsible for the genocide of Tutsi people in Rwanda in 1994. #SimonBikindi #micc2023 #trial

Following the trial of Simon Bikindi at the ICR in Rwanda - a critical moment for justice in the country #SimonBikindi #ICRtrial