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The French court handed down the verdict Eugene Rwamusyo, former Rwandan doctor 27 years in prison for complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity in 1994, when you’re nearby 800 thousand Rwandans, the vast majority of them Tutsis and moderate Hutusthey went tokilled by Hutu extremists.
“Judicial truth declared” This Wednesday, at the end of the trial, the chairman Rwanda Civic Parties Collective (CPSR), Alain Gautierwho was “satisfied” in the French newspaper’s statements Le Monde.
Rwamucho, 65 years old, was arrested in 2010 in northern France while working as a doctor after Rwanda issued an international arrest warrant.
Genocides take place in the kingdom of the damned, not in society. Another genocide, Eugene Rwamusyo, was and found a modest pendant in today’s day for accomplices of genocide and accomplices of crimes against humanity. pic.twitter.com/Ru1p7EwwAT
— Tuyishime J. de Dieu 🇷🇼 (@RealJDtuyishime) October 31, 2024
Paris Criminal Courtwhere he was tried acquitted him of charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The fine is not far from The prosecutor’s office requested 30 years in their final conclusions.
Accused, In his last speech he stated:
I was not always successful in this task, but I assure you that I never ordered the killing of survivors.
During the trial, at which he maintained his innocence, participation of a doctor in certain acts performed by Hutus during three months of genocide. For example, the role played by the doctor in the burial of thousands of bodies in the mass graves of Butarein the south of the country.
The accused then admitted, according to the above-mentioned newspaper, that he organized the burial of the bodies “so as not to aggravate the disaster with a health crisis.”
Genocide in Rwanda
(And the condemnation of Eugene Rwamusyo)
The Rwandan Genocide was an attempt to exterminate Tutsis by the hegemonic Hutu government in Rwanda between April 7 and July 15, 1994, during which approximately 70% of the Rwandan population… pic.twitter.com/cTM2rkJorj— Jose Manuel Guzman Ibarra ∴ (@jmgi1968) October 31, 2024
At the trial they also stated witnesses and survivors, who argued that the accused indiscriminately, confused the dead with the wounded in a construction vehicle responsible for dumping corpses into graves, according to Le Monde.
This is how the court interpreted it. Rwamucho did not directly order the killing. But He actually participated as an accomplice in the burial of corpses.
“Here, the body is treated like garbage thrown into a well. No wonder we’ve heard about dump trucks. In addition, burying the victims makes it possible to hide the crime,” the lawyer said. Sarah Sialom, what is 750 civilians are present.
Around 800 thousand Rwandans, the vast majority of themUtsis and moderate Hutuwere killed Hutu extremists during about three months in 1994.
Today mass graves are still being discoveredespecially since convicts who have served their sentences provided information abouta place where they buried or abandoned their victims.
(Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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