{"id":52180,"date":"2024-12-10T07:18:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T07:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/minister-nduhungirehe-says-verdict-against-onana-will-discourage-other-genocide\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:41:36","slug":"minister-nduhungirehe-says-verdict-against-onana-will-discourage-other-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/minister-nduhungirehe-says-verdict-against-onana-will-discourage-other-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Nduhungirehe says verdict against Onana will discourage other Genocide deniers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 9, 2024, a French court convicted Cameroonian researcher Charles Onana for denying the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. <\/p>\n

The conviction stemmed from his book, Rwanda, la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur l\u2019op\u00e9ration turquoise: quand les archives parlent (Rwanda, the Truth about the Turquoise Operation: When the Archives Speak), published on October 30, 2019.<\/p>\n

The verdict followed a complaint filed by three organizations: CPCR, Survie, and IBUKA France. In his book, Onana claimed there was no deliberate plan for the Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

The court ordered Onana to pay a fine of \u20ac7,400 within 120 days, while Damien Serieyx, his publishing director, was fined \u20ac5,000. The court explained that both Onana and Serieyx would be eligible for a 20% reduction in their fines if paid within 30 days, but the reduction would not exceed \u20ac1,500.<\/p>\n

Onana and Serieyx were also ordered to pay \u20ac11,000 in damages to the parties who filed complaints.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the ruling, Ambassador Nduhungirehe expressed his satisfaction with the “historic decision” of the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased with the decision of the XVIIth Chamber of the Paris Criminal Court, which has just found Cameroonian writer Charles Onana guilty of denying the Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in Rwanda,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a landmark decision that, I hope, will discourage all journalists, writers, and politicians who engage in genocide denial in Europe and our region,\u201d added Amb. Nduhungirehe. <\/p>\n

Raphael Doridant from the Survie organization also welcomed the ruling, emphasizing that Onana\u2019s statements in his book amounted to genocide denial.<\/p>\n

Doridant further explained that Onana\u2019s words were an insult to the memory and dignity of genocide victims and their families, calling the court\u2019s decision a victory against genocide denial.<\/p>\n

Onana’s legal team, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and announced plans to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, has stated that the conviction of Charles Onana by the French court for denying the Genocide against the Tutsi will discourage undermineothers who engage in similar denial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000078394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000078394,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton132780.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton132780.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton132780.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton132780.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton132780.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton132780.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000078394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52180"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52180"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}