Rwandan genocide suspect deported from US
The gist
The US deported Rwandan man Jean Léonard Teganya, accused in the 1994 genocide, and Rwanda arrested him.
He is the eighth genocide fugitive sent back to Rwanda since 2007, prosecutors say.
How it unfolded
- Apr 1994The Rwandan genocide begins; over around 100 days some 800,000 people, mostly minority Tutsis, are murdered.
- Jul 1994As the genocide ends, Teganya flees Rwanda through what was then Zaire (now DRC), then Kenya and India.
- 1999Teganya reportedly obtains a fraudulent Zimbabwean passport and uses it to travel to Canada, where he applies for asylum.
Key terms
- Genocide against the Tutsi
- The 1994 mass killing of Tutsi and moderate Hutu by Hutu militias during the Rwandan Civil War.
- MRND
- Ruling political party of Rwanda from 1975 to 1994, Hutu-dominated and the only legal party until 1991.
- asylum
- A legal protection granted by a country to foreigners fleeing persecution, refusing to expel or extradite them.
Source: Wikipedia