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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>France is making amends for the number of years when it was not active in holding accountable those who committed the genocide against the Tutsi, by stepping up efforts to bring them to justice, the country\u2019s envoy has said.<\/p>\n

Antoine Anfre\u0301, France\u2019s Ambassador to Rwanda made the observation as the French Embassy held a commemoration event to pay tribute to the 17 employees of the French Embassy that were killed during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994.<\/p>\n

Anfre\u0301 said that such a commemoration event has been taking place since 2010 when one of his predecessors decided to put an inscription with the names of 17 staff members of the Embassy of France to Rwanda who were assassinated during the Genocide.<\/p>\n

Talking about justice and addressing impunity, he said that political will was needed to prosecute Genocide fugitives, pointing out that those who committed the atrocious acts must pay for what they did as they are crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in a way, the ceremony [to remember the Genocide victims] the Embassy is organising is one element of this fight against impunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dispensing justice, \u2018compensating for lost time\u2019 <\/b><\/p>\n

On bringing Genocide fugitives to book, Anfre\u0301 said that France, \u201cduring too many years, didn\u2019t do what was necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor close to 20 years, we did almost nothing, so now we have to speed up the process and sometimes you know time is lost in a way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, he mentioned that the country tried two burgomasters [Octavien Ngenzi, and Tito Barahira], who committed acts of Genocide and were sentenced to prison in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the visit of (France\u2019s) President Macron here (in Rwanda in 2021), the process has been accelerated. So, roughly, twice a year, there is a big trial of a presumed genocidaire residing in France,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery soon, there will be the trial of Philippe Hategekimana in Paris in May and June. So, 50 witnesses from Rwanda will travel there and will deliver their message (testimonies) to the court,\u201d Anfre\u0301 observed, adding \u201cand hopefully, justice will be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hategekimana was a former deputy commander of Gendarmerie (police) in the current Nyanza District, Southern Province of Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be the same also, at the end of the year, for a certain (medical) doctor Sosthe\u0300ne Munyemana who is also accused of genocide crimes and currently resides in France,\u201d Anfre\u0301 added.<\/p>\n

Izere Zayana, a Genocide survivor, said that her father, called Abdulkharim Twagirayezu, was among the personnel of the France Embassy to Rwanda who were killed during the Genocide.<\/p>\n

She commended France on its endeavours to hold genocide culprits accountable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means that they took into account what happened in Rwanda. It is something commendable and important that France has done, and we are happy with this. If there are other suspects living there, they must be prosecuted and this will be good news for us as Rwandans, because those people committed a serious crime,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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