Countries have a duty to help arrest Genocide fugitives

Editor, I am happy to hear that Genocide suspect Jean Bosco Uwinkindi was on Thursday transferred to Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) based in Arusha, Tanzania.

Saturday, April 21, 2012
Jean Bosco Uwinkindi (C) on arrival at Kigali International Airport on Thursday. The New Times/File.

Editor,I am happy to hear that Genocide suspect Jean Bosco Uwinkindi was on Thursday transferred to Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) based in Arusha, Tanzania.Obviously Genocide fugitives will continue to run, but ultimately these mass killers will answer for their heinous crimes before the courts of this country whose people they killed callously.There are still several Genocide suspects hiding all over the world. Recently, I read comments by the chief prosecutor at the ICTR that there are many suspects in Zimbabwe.I was shocked because I can’t imagine African states protecting suspects who are accused of committing such crimes against fellow Africans. The least African countries they ought to is not to give sanctuary to these fugitives. However, I am sure justice will eventually catch up with all these suspects no matter how long it takes. Survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have chilling stories about Uwinkindi and scores of other suspects still at large. All countries have a duty to cooperate in apprehending the suspects who reside in their countries because genocide is an international crime.Claude NuwamanyaKigali