RIB report indicates that genocide ideology cases decreased overtime considering the reduction of similar cases to 447 between April 2018 and April 2019 from 505 received between April 2017 and April 2018.
Twagirayezu explained that the majority of genocide ideology suspects are over 30 years old, born before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
Article 4 of the law relating to the punishment of the crime of genocide ideology and related crimes states that genocide ideology is an aggregate of thoughts characterized by conduct, speeches, documents and other acts aiming at exterminating or inciting others to exterminate people basing on ethnic group, origin, nationality, region, color, physical appearance, sex, language, religion or political opinion, committed in normal periods or during war.
If convicted the person is liable to imprisonment of five to seven years and a fine of Rwf 500,000 to Rwf 1 million.
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