British police announced at the beginning of this week that it is carrying an investigation on five genocide fugitives including Célestin Mutabaruka, Vincent Bajinya who was living under the alias Vincent Brown, Célestin Ugirashebuja, Charles Munyaneza na Nteziryayo Emmanuel in response to the government of Rwanda’s request.
They are accused of role in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and crimes against humanity.
Jean Damascene Ndabirora Kalinda, IBUKA’s legal advisor said they have been requesting foreign countries to sue hiding genocide fugitives.
“We have increasingly talked about cooperation between countries to bring to book perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. We welcome the initiative if it goes into effect. We also call on other countries to give in their contribution to seize errand genocide fugitives,” he has told IGIHE.
“We assume that justice is the most important thing a genocide survivor needs. To obtain justice through different processes but seeing a genocide fugitive handed a punishment is great to a genocide survivor,” added Kalinda.
Célestin Mutabaruka, 63, is a pastor in Community Church. He currently lives in Kent while Vincent Brown [Bajinya],59, living in Islington is a doctor.
Other genocide suspects in Britain include Célestin Ugirashebuja,66, living in Essex, Charles Munyaneza, 61, living in Bedford and Emmanuel Nteziryayo, 66, living in Manchester.
They were arrested for the first time in 2006 but the trial stopped five years later.
Some fugitives are still wondering in different countries 25 years after the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.
These include Félicien Kabuga, Augustin Bizimana, Protais Mpiranya, Fulgence Kayishema, Pheneas Munyarugarama, Aloys Ndimbati, Ryandikayo, and Charles Sikubwabo among others.
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