Aegis welcomes genocide suspect arrest in Uganda

6 Oct 09 - Following yesterday's arrest in Uganda of Idelphonse Nizeyimana, deputy head of intelligence for the Rwandan administration that carried out the 1994 genocide, he was today transferred to the UN Detention Facility in Arusha, Tanzania, to face prosecution for genocide at the ICTR.

"The Aegis Trust welcomes the arrest of Idelphonse Nizeyimana by the Ugandan authorities," says Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust. "Governments around the World should follow their example and ensure that all those suspected of command responsibility for the genocide be held to account. It brings shame on us all that even in today in the West, such fugitives from justice should still be able to walk the streets as free men and women."

"We who survived the genocide are delighted that this man has been arrested," says Freddy Mutanguha, Manager of the Kigali Genocide Memorial. "This sends a vital message that perpetrators will not enjoy impunity for their crimes forever. However, it cannot restore the lives of destitute survivors whose homes and families they tore apart. No-one can bring back the dead, but we would urge people everywhere to help us help the living."

The Kigali Genocide Memorial, established in 2004 by the Aegis Trust in conjunction with Kigali City Council, commemorates and documents the 1994 genocide, providing an education outreach programme taking its lessons into rural communities beyond the Centre's catchment area. Aegis also runs a social programme in Kigali, providing practical support for hundreds of survivors of the genocide who even today are in desperate need as a direct consequence of the destruction of their homes and families 15 years ago.

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