{"id":11988,"date":"2024-09-24T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collectifpartiescivilesrwanda.fr\/?p=11988"},"modified":"2024-11-04T08:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:45:13","slug":"eugene-rwamucyo-genocide-trial-finally-set-to-begin-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collectifpartiescivilesrwanda.fr\/en\/eugene-rwamucyo-genocide-trial-finally-set-to-begin-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene Rwamucyo \u2013 GUILTY of inciting Genocide and begins a 27 year sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11944\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11944 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.collectifpartiescivilesrwanda.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/eugene-rwamucyo.jpg?resize=605%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.collectifpartiescivilesrwanda.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/eugene-rwamucyo.jpg?resize=605%2C351&amp;ssl=1 605w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.collectifpartiescivilesrwanda.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/eugene-rwamucyo.jpg?resize=768%2C445&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.collectifpartiescivilesrwanda.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/eugene-rwamucyo.jpg?w=847&amp;ssl=1 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still smiling now? Eugene Rwamucyo \u2013 found guilty of inciting genocide \u2013 Photo: AFP\/Philippe HUGUEN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Original articles on <strong>Rwanda Justice for Genocide<\/strong> website :<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/rwandajustice4genocide.org.uk\/eugene-rwamucyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rwandajustice4genocide.org.uk\/eugene-rwamucyo\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rwandajustice4genocide.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Trial-of-Eugene-Rwamucyo-Final-Week.pdf\"><strong>Trial: Final week and verdict can be viewed HERE<\/strong><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rwandajustice4genocide.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Trial-of-Eugene-Rwamucyo.pdf\">\u00a0Trial proceedings for the first 3 weeks can be viewed HERE<\/a><br \/>\n30 October: Eugene Rwamucyo<\/strong>, 65, the extremist doctor from Butare, was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by the Paris Assize Court late last night after a month on trial. At 8.40 pm the verdict was delivered that found Rwamucyo guilty of complicity in genocide and participation in a conspiracy to prepare genocide, complicity in crimes against humanity and participation in a conspiracy to prepare these crimes. However, he was acquitted of the charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. His lawyers said they will appeal.<br \/>\nDespite the usual protestations by the former doctor and his defence team that the trial was somehow politically influenced by the current Rwandan government, and blaming everyone from prosecution experts and witnesses to the civil parties such as the Gauthier\u2019s for their part in bringing him to justice, at long last this murderous individual has been locked up. Behind the smile, the genial, Uber-smarty appearance lay a man who 30 years ago encouraged and incited the butchery of men, women and children purely because they were Tutsi and then their burial in mass graves and pits to try to hide the crime. The dead have spoken, as have the survivors with this verdict.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/video\/20241002-rwandan-genocide-survivors-eagerly-awaiting-dr-rwamucyo-s-trial-in-france\">\u00a0Genocide survivors eagerly await Rwamucyo\u2019s trial \u2013 a short film by France 24<\/a><br \/>\nThe charges against Eugene Rwamucyo:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Participation in a group or conspiracy established with a view to the preparation of genocide and other crimes against humanity<br \/>\n<\/strong>for having, in the prefecture of Butare and on the territory of Rwanda, between April and July 1994, participated in a group or conspiracy established with a view to the preparation, characterized by one or more material facts, of the crimes defined by articles 211-1 and 212-1 of the Penal Code, in particular<br \/>\nby speaking publicly on May 14, 1994 at the National University of Rwanda on behalf of the Cercle des r\u00e9publicains, alongside Prime Minister Jean KAMBANDA, and by organizing a round-table discussion on June 22 or 23, 1994, on behalf of the Cercle des r\u00e9publicains and the Groupe des d\u00e9fenseurs de la nation,<br \/>\nby participating in prefectural security councils, and by taking all necessary steps to conceal and bury the mass murder of Tutsi civilians in the Butare region, in consultation with local authorities and the government.<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Genocide<br \/>\n<\/strong>for having, between April and July 1994, in the prefecture of Butare and on the territory of Rwanda, in particular in the communes of Ngoma, Gishamvu, Ndora, in execution of a concerted plan aimed at the total or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, or of a group determined on the basis of any other arbitrary criterion, in this case the Tutsi ethnic group, committed or caused to be committed wilful attacks on life and serious attacks on physical or mental integrity, in this case by ordering the completion and burial of survivors during the operations to bury Tutsi civilian victims of massacres which he supervised and directed, or at least by accepting and encouraging them by his presence and position.<br \/>\n<strong>3. Complicity in genocide<br \/>\n<\/strong>for having, between April and July 1994, in the prefecture of Butare and on the territory of Rwanda, in particular in the cimmunes of Ngoma, Gishamvu, Ndora, and Huye, in execution of a concerted plan aimed at the total or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, or of a group determined on the basis of any other arbitrary criterion, in this case the Tutsi ethnic group, by aiding and abetting the perpetrators of the massacres, by organizing and directing the mass burial of Tutsi civilians, while the massacres were in progress, thus enabling the crime to continue:<br \/>\n\u2013 by concealing evidence of the genocide,<br \/>\n\u2013 by implementing the logistics of genocide.<br \/>\n<strong>4. Crime against humanity other than genocide<br \/>\n<\/strong>for having, between April and July 1994, in the prefecture of Butare, and on the territory of Rwanda, in particular in the communes of Ngoma, Gishamvu, Ndora, participated in a massive and systematic practice of summary executions, torture or inhuman acts, inspired by political, philosophical, racial or religious motives, and organized in execution of a concerted plan against a civilian population, in this case the Tutsi ethnic group, by organizing and directing operations for the burial of civilian victims, during which survivors were finished off or buried alive, on his instructions and under his supervision.<br \/>\n<strong>5. Complicity in crimes against humanity other than genocide<br \/>\n<\/strong>for having, between April and July 1994, in the prefecture of Butare, and on the territory of Kwanda, in particular in the municipalities of Ngoma, Gishamvu, Ndora, and Huye, been complicit in a massive and systematic practice of summary executions, torture or inhuman acts, inspired by political, philosophical, organized in execution of a concerted plan against a civilian population, in this case the Tutsi ethnic group, by aiding and abetting the perpetrators of the massacres by organizing and directing the mass burial of Tutsi civilians, while the massacres were in progress, and thus enabling the continuation of the crime:<br \/>\n\u2013 by concealing evidence of the genocide,<br \/>\n\u2013 by implementing the logistics of the genocide.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eug\u00e8ne RWAMUCYO is the 8th Rwandan national to be tried in France for his involvement in the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. All have been found guilty. <\/em><em>This is the 9th trial in 1st instance for crimes against humanity and torture in France, and the 7th trial in 1st instance since autumn 2021, in application of the hearing policy put in place by the national anti-terrorist package and the public prosecutor\u2019s office at the Paris court of appeal, which aims to have two criminal cases for crimes against humanity, war crimes and misdemeanors or torture tried each year. <\/em><em>Some sixty witnesses and experts have been summoned to appear before the Assize Court for this trial.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background to the case<br \/>\n<\/strong>Rwamucyo also lectured at the National University of Rwanda. He is alleged to have been part of a notorious \u2018war committee\u2019 that planned the genocide against the Tutsi in Butare, killing Tutsi patients and students in the town. He is also suspected of having ordered the mass burial of Tutsis in Butare, including some victims who were still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Rwamucyo fled to France after 1994. Between 2001 \u2013 2007 he worked as a medical specialist in the country, despite having refugee status denied in 2002. In May 2008 he was employed in a city hospital in Maubeuge, northern France but was dismissed after the justice campaign group CPCR brought charges against him. In 2009 a Gacaca court in Rwanda sentenced Rwamucyo to life imprisonment in absentia for genocide.<\/p>\n<p>On May 26, 2010, Rwamucyo was arrested in Sannois, north of Paris, when attending the funeral of Jean Bosco Barayagwiza, the Rwandan Hutu hate-media director, who had been convicted by the ICTR for genocide and had died in jail. A French court then ruled Rwamucyo could not be extradited to Rwanda and set him free.In 2018 French investigators finally began to look in Rwamucyo\u2019s case and on 17 April 2020 issued an indictment.<\/p>\n<p>On 28 September 2022 \u2013 15 years after the original CPCR complaint \u2013 Rwamucyo was informed that he will face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity before the Paris Court of Assizes. His appeal was rejected. His lawyer immediately announced that he would appeal to the Supreme Court, allowing his client to gain a few more months before being tried. On 9 January 2023 news agencies reported that this final appeal had failed and Rwamucyo would face trial in the not\u2013too\u2013distant future.<\/p>\n<p>Given the expectation of yet more judicial delays, due to two already-scheduled genocide trials and appeal hearings, Rwamucyo\u2019s case may not be heard in 2023. A trial date is still to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Bucyibarua and Kabuga, where old age and ill health has been a factor in their detention and trial, Rwamucyo is still comparatively young and there is still a real hope by survivors that he may face justice 28 years and counting for the horrific crimes for which he is accused.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 2023<\/strong>: Rwamucyo starts a gofundme campaign to raise money for his legal expenses. In his explanation for why the funds are needed, he blames the fact he a political opponent of the RPF, who have slandered him and are responsible for his legal \u2018suffering\u2019. There is, of course, no mention of the genocide, no mention of his alleged crimes and complicity in the genocide, no mention or remorse for what happened in 1994. Just blame for the survivors organisation Ibuka. As ever, he is the victim and the survivors are now cast as the persecutors in what has become a well-versed tactic of reversing the reality of the affair. The list of those who have given to his crowdfunding \u2018SOS\u2019 are mostly anonymous apart from certain well-known figures from the families of Kabuga and Bagosora. After two months, he has reached 2,6000 Euros of his 10,000 eurotarget.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From October 1 to 30, 2024 at the Paris Court of Assizes. 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