UK prosecutors bring first genocide charges linked to 1994 Rwanda killings
UK prosecutors have brought the country’s first charges against a man over an alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, following a seven-year investigation. Vincent Brown, 65, faces one genocide-related charge and six allegations of aiding crimes against humanity, prosecutors and London police said.
British prosecutors have brought the first charges in the United Kingdom against a man over an alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, after a seven-year investigation. Vincent Brown, 65, was arrested and charged on Monday, prosecutors and London police said. He faces one count of being an ancillary to genocide and six offences of aiding crimes against humanity in Rwanda.
The authorities allege that Brown directed and incited murders and acts of genocide carried out by other people. The supplied report did not provide further details of the alleged conduct or explain where the charges were filed. The available material also did not state Brown’s response, whether he had appeared in court or what further proceedings were scheduled.
The charges are allegations, and the source material did not include any finding of guilt.
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