A Dutch Court Convicts a Rwandan Man over His Home Country’s 1994 Genocide, Sentences Him to Life
Prosecutors said he personally took part in killings and looting, and the court said only a lifelong prison sentence did justice to the victims.
- The Hague District Court sentenced a 66-year-old Rwandan-born Dutch man to life imprisonment on Friday for inciting and participating in the massacre of 3,000 Tutsis during the 1994 genocide.
- Prosecutors alleged Eugene engaged in a "rampage of looting and destruction" before the killings, torching homes and throwing a grenade into a stadium where victims sought refuge.
- While European courts have convicted dozens under universal jurisdiction, local statutes prevented his extradition, leading to this domestic trial where the defendant denied all charges.
- Stating that "only a long life imprisonment" was appropriate, the presiding judge cited the defendant's "significant lack of respect for human dignity" regarding the victims.
- Hutu extremists orchestrated a campaign of mass murder, claiming an estimated 800,000 lives and devastating the Tutsi minority in Rwanda.
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According to the court in The Hague, Eugéne N., a Rwandan Hutu with Dutch nationality, actively participated in the murder of some three thousand Tutsis in a stadium in the town of Mbazi. According to the judges, he did this "with genocidal intent".
Rwandan genocide suspect jailed for life in the Netherlands
AMSTERDAM, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Friday sentenced a 67-year-old man to life in prison for war crimes and genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994, where it said he had been involved in the killing of around 3,000 Tutsis who had sought refug...
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A Dutch court convicts a Rwandan man over his home country's 1994 genocide, sentences him to life
A Dutch court has convicted a Rwandan man of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The court in The Hague has sentenced Eugène N. to life imprisonment for his role in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The judge ruled that the 66-year-old is guilty of war crimes and genocide. The judge deemed it proven that N. participated in an attack on two communities in Rwanda at the time, where mainly Tutsis lived. Their belongings were looted and their homes were set on fire. Slogans such as "we are going to exterminate them all" were shou…
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