Today 4th January 2014, the former Rwandan captain Pascal Simbikangwa is to appear before the French court for his alleged role in the genocide against Tutsis that was done in Rwanda in 1994
Pascal was born in Karago in Rwanda in 1959. The Head of the Central Intelligence Service said that Pascal was wanted by Interpol for “crimes against humanity, genocide and organized crime.”
He was arrested October 28, 2008. Since 2005, he was a refugee in Mayotte where he was living after spending years in Comoros.
On Thursday, April 16, 2009, Pascal Simbikangwa was indicted “for genocide and complicity and conspiracy to commit genocide and organized crime”
He is also involved in another case of using forged documents. In July 2009, he was transferred to the detention center of Saint- Denis on the island of La Réunion.
He is the first Rwandan to be tried in France for his alleged role in the genocide against Tutsis.
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