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UK prosecutors charge first person for Rwanda genocide
Al Jazeera • • world
Key Points:
- Vincent Brown, a 65-year-old doctor, has been charged in the UK for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, marking the first such charges brought in the country related to this genocide.
- After a seven-year investigation, Brown faces one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of aiding crimes against humanity, accused of directing and inciting acts of murder and genocide against the Tutsi.
- Brown was first arrested in 2006, and his extradition to Rwanda was refused by a UK court in 2017; UK police resumed investigations in 2019 following a request from the Rwandan government.
- Originally from Kigali, Brown entered the UK as an asylum seeker in 1998, changed his name upon receiving UK citizenship in 2004, and has lived in London where he worked for a charity aiding refugee nurses and midwives.
- UK authorities emphasized that this case shows the country is not a safe haven for suspects of international crimes, with ongoing investigations into other Rwandan genocide suspects residing in Britain.
