Genocide Complaint Against Former Rwandan Politician

“Ewe hope that a judicial investigation will be launched and that the judges will start investigating the case as soon as possible, ”said CPCR lawyer Domitille Philipparte, quoted by Agence France-Presse.

The complaint, lodged on 22 September with a senior investigating judge in a Paris court, concerns former politician Pierre Cayondo, “probably” living in Le Havre, Normandy.

According to Alain Gaultier, President of CPCR, Pierre Cayondo was “a shareholder in Radio Télévision. [libre] des Mille Collines ”and“ considered an ardent supporter of the MRND ”(National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development), which is closely associated with the Interahamwe movement, which was the main group of Hutu militias involved in the genocide.

The KPSR president stated that Pierre Kayondo “was close to those convicted of genocide” and that he allowed the formation of Interahamwe military groups, supplying them with weapons and participating in rallies.

CPCR is an association that deals with more than 20 on behalf of victims and survivors of alleged genocide who live in France.

According to the United Nations (UN), between April and July 1994, the genocide in Rwanda killed about 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis.

To date, three men have been ultimately sentenced in France following two trials related to the Rwandan genocide. Two more men will soon face trial.

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