Security
US Deports Man Convicted Over 1994 Rwandan Genocide Lies
BBC · 6 hours ago · Read the Full Story on BBC
AI SUMMARY
The United States has deported Jean Leonard Teganya to Rwanda after he served a 97-month prison sentence for immigration fraud and perjury regarding his involvement in the 1994 genocide.
- Jean Leonard Teganya was deported from the United States and handed over to Rwandan authorities at Kigali International Airport.
- He completed a 97-month prison sentence in the U.S. for immigration fraud and perjury.
- The Rwandan Prosecutor General's office will begin legal proceedings against him for genocide and crimes against humanity committed in 1994.
- During the 1994 genocide, extremist Hutu militia members killed approximately 800,000 people, mostly Tutsis, over 100 days.
- Teganya had fled to the U.S. and sought asylum after a Canadian court ordered his deportation to Rwanda in 2014.
- He failed to disclose his membership in the ruling Hutu party and his activities during the genocide when applying for asylum.
- In 1994, Teganya was a medical student and intern at Butare University Teaching Hospital.
- He is accused of identifying Tutsi patients and refugees within the hospital for soldiers and Interahamwe militias to be killed.
- A U.S. court found him guilty in 2019 on two counts of immigration fraud and three counts of perjury.
- Last year, another genocide suspect, Francois Gasana, was extradited from Norway to Rwanda.
Related
Eight Killed in Suspected Al-Shabaab Ambush in Kenya's Mandera
Addis Standard · 26 minutes ago
Directive Issued For the Surrender of Illegal Firearms in Tigray
Deutsche Welle · 37 minutes ago
Relative Peace Restored in Parts of Amhara Region
Deutsche Welle · 3 hours ago
Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline Attacked in Medina Region
Anadolu · 4 hours ago