After genocide
Rwandan doctor sentenced to 27 years in prison
Three decades after the genocide in Rwanda, a former doctor in France has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. The Paris court found 65-year-old Eugène Rwamucyo guilty of aiding and abetting genocide, crimes against humanity and conspiracy to prepare these crimes.
However, Rwamucyo was acquitted of the charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The prosecution had demanded a 30-year prison sentence and accused him of assisting the Rwandan authorities in spreading anti-Tutsi propaganda in 1994 and attempting to destroy evidence of the genocide.
800,000 people killed
Between April and July 1994, around 800,000 people were killed during the genocide, mainly Tutsis but also moderate Hutus.
"Killing neither ordered nor authorized"
In his closing statement, Rwamucyo maintained his innocence and declared: "I neither ordered nor authorized the killing of survivors." He showed understanding for the suffering of the bereaved, but emphasized that he could not help them. His lawyer announced an appeal.
After fleeing Rwanda, Rwamucyo worked as a doctor in Belgium and France. In 2010, he was arrested in France on the basis of an international arrest warrant after colleagues at the hospital informed the police.
He is the eighth defendant to stand trial in France for his role in the genocide. Previously, several high-ranking officials as well as a military officer, a gendarme, a driver and a former gynecologist had already been sentenced to between 14 years and life imprisonment.
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