A member of the British House of Commons has reiterated the call to his government to arrest and extradite or try five men who continue to live in their country despite indictments issued against them 16 years ago.
The indicted genocide suspects who have found safe haven in the United Kingdom are Vincent Bajinya, CĂ©lestin Ugirashebuja, Charles Munyaneza, Emmanuel Nteziryayo and CĂ©lestin Mutabaruka.
Speaking during a recent Parliamentary seating, Conservative Party MP, Andrew Mitchell expressed concerns regard the five suspects living the UK and said that, “It is an issue that is likely to come up during the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) slated in Kigali in about two weeks from now.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected in Rwanda for the meeting among other UK government officials.
Mitchell also chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on war crimes, that was last year tasked to look into the matter of the five genocidaires.
“There are five alleged perpetrators of the genocide in Rwanda who are living freely in the UK who have been doing so for now 16 years and have neither been extradited nor put before the British courts under our existing laws,” Mitchell told the House.
He added that the issue “is bound to be asked during the Commonwealth meeting in Rwanda…because justice that is massively delay should not be catastrophically denied.”
The matter regarding the five genocidaires living in the UK has come up on the UK Parliamentary floor several times.
Last year, a section of British lawmakers formed the APPG for war crimes, to urge the UK government to bring to justice genocide fugitives who are still roaming in the country.
