Britain is now a haven for Rwandan genocide suspects
Last week, on the day the world marked the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Britain officially became a safe haven for suspected mass murderers. This is the incomprehensible and inhumane message two senior judges have given the grieving survivors of the Rwandan genocide by freeing four genocide suspects Rwanda wanted to put on trial – effectively saying that alleged Rwandan mass murderers are welcome to live in Britain.
I know for sure that several Rwandan killers are hiding in this country. After the release of the four, they must be rubbing their hands in glee, assured of immunity from prosecution.
In their landmark High Court ruling, the judges decided the four Rwandans, two of whom had been living here under false identities until exposed by The Sunday Times, cannot be deported to Rwanda to be put on trial for mass murder.
They did not dispute the quality or quantity of prosecution evidence that they had committed heinous crimes in their country, for which they should be punished. But they said there was a “real risk” the four would not receive a fair trial in Rwanda. This would not matter if we could try them instead in our domestic courts, as Belgium, Switzerland and Canada have given themselves the legal power to do. But we can’t.
Britain approved the relevant genocide legislation far too late in the day, only in the early part of the new millennium. It was not made retroactive to 1994. So Rwandan genocide suspects can now go scot-free and British law has shown itself incapable of responding to one of the most monstrous crimes in recent history.
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I know for sure that several Rwandan killers are hiding in this country. After the release of the four, they must be rubbing their hands in glee, assured of immunity from prosecution.
In their landmark High Court ruling, the judges decided the four Rwandans, two of whom had been living here under false identities until exposed by The Sunday Times, cannot be deported to Rwanda to be put on trial for mass murder.
They did not dispute the quality or quantity of prosecution evidence that they had committed heinous crimes in their country, for which they should be punished. But they said there was a “real risk” the four would not receive a fair trial in Rwanda. This would not matter if we could try them instead in our domestic courts, as Belgium, Switzerland and Canada have given themselves the legal power to do. But we can’t.
Britain approved the relevant genocide legislation far too late in the day, only in the early part of the new millennium. It was not made retroactive to 1994. So Rwandan genocide suspects can now go scot-free and British law has shown itself incapable of responding to one of the most monstrous crimes in recent history.