Next, an editorial reflecting the Views of the U.S. Government. After more than four decades on the run, one of the world’s most wanted men, 84-year-old Felicien Kabuga, was arrested on May 16 by the French Police near Paris. Kabuga was a key figure in the Rwandan genocide, which began on April 7, 1994, one day after a plane carrying Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutus, was shot down, with all on board killed. Hutu extremists accused a Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, of being behind the attack and immediately began a campaign of mass killings of members of the Tutsi and Twa ethnic groups, as well as moderate Hutus. The slaughter was thoroughly planned and well-organized. Militias were given hit lists of Tutsi and murdered many of their victims with machetes in acts of appalling brutality. By the time the genocide ended on July 15, 1994, some 800,000 Rwandans had been murdered, including about 70 percent of the country's Tutsi population.
Felicien Kabuga, one of the country’s wealthiest men and founder of Radio Télévision Libre des Milles Collines, had been a member of President Habyarimana’s inner circle. He is accused of financing and helping to plan the genocidal killings, importing large quantities of weapons, and directing the Radio Télévision Libre des Milles Collines, which helped incite the genocide. For these and other crimes, Kabuga was indicted in 1997 by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on seven counts of genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, attempt to commit genocide, and conspiracy to commit genocide, persecution and extermination. The United States offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to Kabuga’s arrest. “We applaud the Government of France and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for the arrest of Félicien Kabuga,” said U.S. State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus in a written statement. “We commend law enforcement officials worldwide who contributed to the arrest. This is a milestone for international justice, and a message to all fugitives indicted for genocide that they will be brought to justice. We hope this arrest brings the victims and their families some peace.” The United States continues to offer rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of the remaining seven Rwandans wanted by the International Tribunal for their roles in the genocide: Augustin Bizimana, Protais Mpiranya, Fulgence Kayishema, Aloys Ndimbati, Pheneas Munyarugarama, Charles Sikubwabo, and Charles Ryandikayo. If you have any information on their whereabouts, you can contact the War Crimes Rewards Program via email at wcrp@state.gov or via WhatsApp at +1-202-975-5468. That was an editorial reflecting the Views of the U.S. Government.
菲利希安·卡布贾是该国最富有的人之一,也是Tévision Libre des Milles Collines电台的创办人,他曾是哈比亚利马纳总统核心圈子的成员。他被控资助和帮助策划大屠杀,进口大量武器,并指挥帮助煽动大屠杀的Libre des Milles Collines电台。1997年,联合国卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭就七项罪名对卡布贾提起公诉,包括灭绝种族罪、共谋灭绝种族罪、直接公然煽动灭绝种族罪、意图灭绝种族罪、预谋灭绝种族罪、迫害罪和灭绝罪等。美国悬赏500万美元获取导致卡布贾被捕的情报。美国国务院发言人Morgan Ortagus在一份书面声明中说:“我们赞扬法国政府和国际刑事法庭余留机制逮捕菲利希安·卡布贾。”。“我们赞扬全世界参与逮捕的执法官员。这是国际司法的一个里程碑,也是向所有被控犯有种族灭绝罪的逃犯发出的一个信息,即他们将被绳之以法。我们希望这次逮捕能给受害者及其家人带来一些安宁。”美国继续提供高达500万美元的奖励,以获取国际法庭通缉的在种族灭绝中起作用的其余7名卢旺达人的情报:奥古斯丁·比齐马纳、普罗泰斯·姆皮拉尼亚、富尔根塞·卡伊什马、阿洛伊斯·恩迪姆巴蒂、菲涅斯·穆尼亚拉马、查尔斯·西库布瓦博和查尔斯·兰迪卡约。如果你有任何关于他们下落的信息,可以发送电子邮件wrp@state.gov联系War Crimes Rewards Program或通过电话+1-202-975-5468联系WhatsApp。这是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。