France-based genocidaires suffer a major blow, as another genocide perpetrator is set for trial

The French judiciary has yet again proved that genocidaires will hide but won’t evade justice forever. This is after it set November 13th, 2023 as the date for the commencement of a substantive trial for Genocide fugitive Dr Sosthène Munyemana.

Munyemana is one of the key architects of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi who had roamed scot-free for the last 28 years in the European country, the former was a gynecologist at the University Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB) where he spoiled the Hippocratic Oath into murdering patients whom he was supposed to heal.

The trial of this genocidaire is just the tip of the iceberg since the French President, Emmanuel Macron, pledged to Rwandans that he would work to ensure no Genocide fugitives among those who had been hiding in his country escape justice.

President Macron made the revelation during his historical visit to Rwanda in 2021 where he sought the forgiveness of the survivors of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, for what he admitted was his country’s “historical and political responsibility in Rwanda”.

After President Macron’s visit, a lot has been done in terms of bringing to book top genocide fugitives who had found a safe haven in France, the fugitives include genocide financer Félicien Kabuga whose case is currently ongoing at The Hague-based UN court and the “butcher of Gikongoro” Laurent Bucyibaruta who was sentenced to 20 years.

France is home to hundreds of genocide deniers and revisionists as well as dozens of indicted Genocide suspects who include:

1. Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana, widow of the genocidal regime leader Habyarimana

2. Fr. Wenceslas Munyeshyaka

3. Callixte Mbarushimana

4. Col Laurent Serubuga

5. Hyacinthe Rafiki Nsengiyumva

6. Ignace Bagilishema

7. Innocent Musabyimana

8. Innocent Bagabo

9. Lt. Col. Marcel Bivugabagabo

10. Dr Charles Twagira

11. Venutse Nyombayire

12. Manasse Bigwenzare

13. Pierre Tegera et al.

From the look of things, the days of these unrepentant criminals are now numbered as Macron administration opted for a commendable move to change the status quo.