Five Rwandan men have been arrested by police in the UK on suspicion of
involvement in the 1994 genocide in their country, following an extradition request
from prosecutors in Rwanda, who want them to face charges of crimes against
humanity.
The five lived all over the country – in Manchester, Bedford, London, Essex
and Kent. In 2009, four of them, who
all denied any involvement in the genocide, won a legal battle to stop their extradition after senior judges ruled that they might not get
a fair trial. Three are
former mayors.
Welcoming the arrests, Rwanda's chief prosecutor, Martin
Ngoga, said Rwanda had made ‘significant progress’ on addressing concerns about
fair trials since 2009. The men are due
to appear in court on June 5.
Rwanda’s genocide has the dubious distinction of being the fastest in
human history. In just 100 days, at
least 800,000 people – mainly Tutsis – were murdered by Hutu extremists.
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