This is the end of a hunt of almost thirty years. The last two fugitives wanted by the Mechanism which replaced the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda were declared dead this Wednesday, May 15 in a press release from the organization’s prosecutor’s office.
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With our correspondent in Kigali, Lucie Mouillaud
According to Serge Brammertz, the Mechanism’s prosecutor, Charles Sikubwabo, mayor of Gishyita in the province of Kibuye and Riyandikayo, at Rwanda, a businessman from the same region, both died in 1998. The first in Ndjamena in Chad and the second in Kinshasa in the DRC. “ We reconstructed the journey for the two: when they left for the Congo and in which refugee camp they were. Other individuals close to them were able to be identified, including individuals who were present at the hospital when the person died or who were present at the time of the burial “, he declares.
Another case still in progress
With the closure of these two files, no more suspects sought by the mechanism is not yet considered at liberty. For the organization’s prosecutor’s office, work now focuses on collaboration with national justice systems. “ The attorney general in Kigali still has more than 1,000 individuals wanted for genocide on the list. The latter are largely found on the African continent, but also in Europe and elsewhere. Above all, we will help and work with different countries, whether Rwanda, but also other countries with which we work closely. “, he added.
Another file still in progress is that of Fulgence Kayishema, latest fugitive arrested in South Africa last year. The former Rwandan police inspector is suspected of genocide crimes for which the Mechanism requests transfer to Arusha.