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Rwandans held in Britain on genocide extradition request

May 30, 2013 15:30
LONDON (Reuters) - Five Rwandans accused of involvement in the genocide that killed 800,000 people in just 100 days were arrested in Britain on Thursday after an extradition request from Rwanda, London police said. Emmanuel Nteziryayo, Charles Munyaneza, Celestin Ugirashebuja, Vincent Bajinya and Celestin Mutabaruka appeared at a London court under extradition warrants alleging genocide and murder, a police spokesman said.

Rwandan woman becomes first ever Dutch genocide convict

March 1, 2013 10:47
A court in the Netherlands on Friday jailed Rwandan-born Yvonne Basebya for inciting genocide in the central African nation in 1994, the first such conviction by a Dutch court. "The court orders the suspect jailed for six years and eight months," judge Rene Elkerbout said, acquitting her of other charges including war crimes and genocide perpetration. Basebya, 66, faced a total of six charges before The Hague's district court for her role in the slaughter of almost a million people, committed by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

UPDATE 1-Dutch court jails Rwandan woman for incitement to genocide

March 1, 2013 10:15
(Adds judge quote, context) THE HAGUE, March 1 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Friday sentenced a Rwandan-born Dutch citizen to six years and eight months in jail for inciting genocide two decades ago. Judges said Yvonne Besabya, 66, had stoked hatred against her ethnic Tutsi neighbours before Rwanda's 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed.

Rwandan woman becomes first ever Dutch genocide convict

March 1, 2013 09:46
A court in the Netherlands on Friday jailed Dutch-Rwandan woman Yvonne Basebya for inciting genocide in the central African nation in 1994, the first such conviction ever of a Dutch national. "The court orders the suspect jailed for six years and eight months," judge Rene Elkerbout said, acquitting her of other charges including war crimes and genocide perpetration.

Dutch court jails Rwandan woman for incitement to genocide

March 1, 2013 08:45
THE HAGUE, March 1 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Friday sentenced a Rwandan-born Dutch citizen to six years and eight months in jail for inciting genocide. Judges said Yvonne Besabya, 66, had stoked hatred against her ethnic Tutsi neighbours before Rwanda's 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. They acquitted her of all other charges, including perpetrating genocide, murder and war crimes. (Reporting By Thomas Escritt; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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