The revelations were made by the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), Dr. Jean Damascène Bizimana as he spoke at the 16th national dialogue (Umushyikirano 16) as he discussed a panel topic entitled “Remembering history by preserving our values.”
Dr. Bizimana commended the United Nations, the African Union and some American and European countries for having recognized the 1994 Genocide and that some countries made laws punishing the denial, minimization and having started to bring genocide suspects before their justice
“However,” he said, “some countries still go slow in this journey to justice on the 1994 genocide as some others support the deniers, while others refuse to arrest the suspects so that they can be brought to justice.
“Despite the good step some countries have made in making laws punishing the denial of the genocide, there are countries which act slowly in pursuing the suspects living there, Dr. Bizimana said.
“Rwanda’s prosecution has sent over 900 arrest warrants abroad for people suspected of a role in the 1994 genocide against Tutsi but only 19 were sent back to Rwanda while those tried before those countries’ judiciaries are 23,” he said.
Among those who were sent back to Rwanda are Wenceslas Twagirayezu with Emmanuel Mbarushima who were sent by Denmark with the latter having sentenced to life imprisonment.
Bizimana urged foreign countries hosting suspects of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi to bring them before justice or send them back to Rwanda.
The CNLG Executive Secretary also said that the fight against genocide has got a lot challenges including parents who still sow the genocide ideology among their children.
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