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Victims welcome genocide sentence, Info Minister says suspects at large

Article published on the 2008-12-18 Latest update 2008-12-19 11:06 TU

Rwanda, April to July 1994. In 100 days nearly one million people who were mostly Tutsis, were killed.(Credit: AFP)

Rwanda, April to July 1994. In 100 days nearly one million people who were mostly Tutsis, were killed.
(Credit: AFP)

Rwanda's Information Minister and survivors of the 1994 genocide have welcomed the life sentence on Colonel Theoneste Bagosora for his role in the killings, but say that more must be done to bring others to justice. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday found Bagosora guilty of "genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."

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"We are very happy for that, and we hope that the ICTR will continue to sentence other people who were involved in genocide," says Freddy Mutanguha, from Ibuka, an association of genocide survivors.

Interview: Freddy Mutanguha, Secretary General of Ibuka, Kigali

 
 

18/12/2008 by Alexandra Brangeon

Two codefendants, Aloys Ntabakuze and Anatole Nsengiyumva, were also sentenced to life in jail for the same charges.

But Mutanguha believes that more should be done to bring others to justice.

"Some others were not punished, and they are still retained in jail, and we ask the ICTR to accelerate all sentences of those people," he told RFI from Kigali.

"We can't find any justice for a victim of genocide, because what they did is unimaginable ... it symbolises that justice can be done and justice is possible, but we are still looking at other cases."

"There are some people who are living in other countries ... those people have to be tried as well, not all the perpetrators have been tried," Mutanguha added.

The Rwandan government said it was satisfied, but also wants more to be done to bring other suspects to justice.

"The government of Rwanda is pleased, in that justice was done, in his case ... a lot of people in Rwanda are following this important news today," said Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda's information minister speaking from Kigali.

Interview: Louise Mushikiwabo, Information Minister, Rwanda

 
 

18/12/2008 by Alexandra Brangeon

"There are many, many suspects still at large, including in France ...
all we want is justice for the survivors of the genocide, and for a crime as serious as genocide to be punished," she told RFI.