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30-year prison sentence sought for ex-doctor in Rwandan genocide trial

Eugene Rwamucyo is latest person accused of taking part in 1994 massacre of the African country’s Tutsi population to face justice in France

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Eugene Rwamucyo, who is accused of taking part in the 1994 Tutsi genocide. Photo: AFP

French prosecutors on Monday demanded a 30-year prison term for a former doctor on trial in Paris over his suspected involvement in the Rwandan genocide three decades ago.

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Eugene Rwamucyo, 65, is the latest person accused of taking part in the 1994 massacre of the small central African country’s Tutsi population by the Hutu majority to face justice in France.

He is accused of aiding his country’s authorities at the time to disseminate anti-Tutsi propaganda and of taking part in mass murder in an attempt to destroy evidence of the genocide.

More than 800,000 people, mainly members of the Tutsi minority, were killed in the genocide between April and July 1994, according to the United Nations.
Eugene Rwamucyo with his lawyers at Paris Assize Court on October 1. Photo: AFP
Eugene Rwamucyo with his lawyers at Paris Assize Court on October 1. Photo: AFP

Both public prosecutors asked the court to find Rwamucyo guilty of genocide, complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity, as well as conspiracy to prepare these crimes.

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