Claude Muhayimana

Surroundings of Bisesero in Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda: Is the trial of a "simple driver" a lesser trial?

3 January 2022 by Gratien Hakorimana

Using the principle of universal jurisdiction, a French court on December 16 sentenced Rwandan Claude Muhayimana to 14 years in jail for complicity in genocide. Muhayimana was accused of having, in 1994, transported Hutu militiame [...]

Claude Muhayimana in Paris (2013)

Rwanda

French Justice Returns to Rwanda

22 November 2021 by Ephrem Rugiririza

For the third time, a trial is opening in France against a Rwandan accused of participating in the 1994 genocide against Tutsis. The case of Claude Muhayimana, a lowly hotel driver, will take the court back to the massacres in the [...]