{{Seven Rwandans are expected to be prosecuted for genocide crime committed in Rwanda in the 1994 genocide against ethnic Tutsi’s that claimed over a million lives.}}
According to Belgian press reports, over 36 Rwandans resident in Belgium are being investigated for genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994.
However, Investigations have been concluded for only seven members as federal prosecutors confirmed Tuesday.
According to a spokesman for the federal prosecutor, Eric Van Der Sypt it’s unlikely that the files will be reviewed this year, mainly due to the complexity of investigations.
Nobody has ever been tried for genocide in Belgium. Four trials held between 2001 and 2009 however, led to eight convictions for war crimes or crimes against humanity.
In France , Pascal Simbikangwa a Rwandan was first sentenced to 25 years in jail on March 14 for his involvement in the genocide of Tutsis, during which a million were killed in a period of three months.
A former captain of the Rwandan army, Simbikangwa , was sentenced for genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity. However, he decided to appeal.
The former captain Simbikangwa denied all charges, claiming to have crossed the 100 days of genocide without seeing a single corpse.
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