CNLG made the call in a statement released yesterday while commending last week’s Paris Assize Court for upholding life sentence to Genocide convicts Tito Barahira and Octavien Ngenzi.
The two former bourgmestres who successively led former Kabarondo Commune were convicted of genocide crimes and killing of 2000 Tutsi in Kabarondo Parish and its surroundings.
CNLG said that Barahira and Ngenzi’s judgments followed 22 judgments that had been taken by courts in different countries including France, Sweden, Belgium, England, Norway, Canada and German.
The commission reminded that besides the judgments, eighteen people were extradited to Rwanda from different countries including USA, Canada, Uganda, The Netherlands, ICTR, Norway and German.
A statement signed by CNLG Executive Secretary, Jean Damascene Bizimana says that France still shields a total of 42 genocide fugitives.
The commission says that they filed different complaints but France turned a deaf ear.
“Considering the date of the complaints, CNLG draws a conclusion that French justice has taken too long to prosecute fugitives suspected of genocide and systematic refusal for political reasons to extradite them to Rwanda,” a statement notes.
CNLG also called on countries to take into consideration a total of 835 arrest warrants that were issued by Rwandan Judiciary.
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