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A Brussels court found a former Rwandan official guilty of genocide Thursday after hearing of his role in the massacres in his country. Fabien Neretse, who protested his innocence, is the first person to be convicted in Belgium on such a charge.
Neretse remained passive in the dock during the sentencing. He and the families of his victims will learn of his fate after a separate sentencing hearing on Friday. His defence hung on questioning the credibility of the multiple witnesses called against him, but prosecutors managed to prove that the exile has been living a lie for a quarter of a century.
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Belgium has already held four trials and condemned eight perpetrators of killings in its former colony, but Neretse is the first defendant to be specifically convicted of the most grave charge — genocide. Rwanda broke into chaos three days after the assassination of Hutu President Habyarimana, the start of a genocidal campaign that would leaveTutsis and moderate Hutus dead. He was arrested in in France, where he had rebuilt a professional life as a refugee, and he has spent only a few months in protective pre-trial custody. If he has now finally been brought to justice, it is large measure thanks to the determination of year-old Belgian former EU civil servant Martine Beckers.
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With her determination and support, the Magistrates have been compiling evidence in this case for the last 15 years. Please follow us and we would love to hear from you. You must log in to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
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