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Rwanda: 1994 Genocide - Cabinet Approves Plan to Indict Foreigners
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Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne)
18 June 2008
Posted to the web 19 June 2008
Arusha
The Rwandan cabinet has approved plans to indict foreigners who, in one way or the other, played a role in the 1994 genocide, which according to the United Nations estimates claimed lives of about 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
According to Rwanda's Minister for Information, Louise Mushikiwabo, the idea was first mooted by the legislators.
"Rwanda has valid grounds to pursue non-Rwandans who were involved in the 1994 Genocide. This will be done within the confines of international law," she was quoted to have told Rwanda's official newspaper, New Times.
She explained that unlike the recent French and Spanish indictments against Rwandan officials, who, she said, used unverified evidence and "did not even have the courage to inform the concerned parties," the standards of international judicial law would be followed in Rwanda.
She denied it was a tit-for-tat against the French and Spanish indictments, though she referred to them as "unfair and insulting," adding that the matter would be raised at the next African Union Summit scheduled for Egypt.
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"The government is keen to see our prosecution put out these indictments so that Rwandans aggrieved by foreigners get relief," the minister underlined.
Any country in the world should indict people who commited genocide in Rwanda or elsewhere. Genocide is a crime against humanity and the world has the responsibility to arrest the perpetrators of such crimes irrespective of their political status. Head of states, judges, prosecutors, diplomats, officers and soldiers of all ranks should all be indicted if they have committed genocide anywhere under the sun. We remember people who were slaughtered in Yougoslavia, Congo DR/Zaire, Rwanda (Tusti and Hutu), Germany, Russia. People who have blood on their hands should be arrested full stop. No public or priviledged immunity. A killer is... [Read Full Text]
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