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NGENZI APPEALS AGAINST THE COURT ORDER INDICTMENT We have just heard that Ngenzi has just appealed against the court order indictment from the investigating judges.Barahira is about to do the same. A strategy to delay the procedure, most probably!   “according to the 186-2  penal code article, the investigation chamber must proceed to judgment within 4 months ,from the date of the  court order. If not ,there will be a statutory release for the prisoner. During these 4 months, the investigation chamber  can set out any additional information  which might be helpful” (Damien Roets, law specialist) Yet, it is quite …

New complaint about a Rwandan suspect of genocide. The CPCR: the collective of civil plaintiffs for Rwanda, has just brought a complaint against Felicien BALIGIRA , A Rwandan suspect of genocide ,living on the French territory in Nantes. The French justice refused his extradition because the Rwandan penal code had no jail sentence for crime of genocide before it took place. A blind application process of a non retroactive principle. This decision coming from the court of cassation has been repeated 17 times, and argued several times by lawyers (cf. Damien Roets’ article (CPCR). Mr BALIGIRA comes from the old …

NGENZI / BARAHIRA brought to the criminal court of justice by the investigating judges On Friday 30 May, investigating judges published a commited order about NGENZI /BARAHIRA cases. As a consequence, they will be accused of “genocide and crimes against humanity” following the conclusions of the prosecutor’s investigation. Now, we are waiting for the date of the next trial in the criminal court, the 2nd after Simbikangwa’s trial, convicted of crimes against humanity and genocide. We must point out that a partial submission has been required about “the joint arrangement in order to commit a genocide”. The civil plaintiffs have …

New complaint about a Rwandan suspect of genocide The CPCR: the collective of civil plaintiffs for Rwanda, has just brought a complaint against Felicien BALIGIRA, a Rwandan suspect of genocide, living on the French territory in Nantes. The French justice refused his extradition because the Rwandan penal code had no jail sentence for crime of genocide before it took place. A blind application process of a non retroactive principle. This decision coming from the court of cassation has been repeated 17 times, and argued several times by lawyers (cf. Damien Roets’ article) (CPCR). Mr BALIGIRA comes from the old prefecture …

Pascal  Simbikangwa  trial : Alain GAUTHIER ‘s hearing. President of the CPCR   Mr President,Ladies and Glentlemen of the court,ladies and Glentlemen the jurors.   “The print of a genocide: it is not fury,it is silence.”  La fantaisie des Dieux,   BD de Patrick de Saint –Exupéry et Hippolyte , Avril  1994. Here I stand infront of this court of justice,both as a family, victim of the genocide, and President of the CPCR : The collective of civil plaintiffs for Rwanda . An association which has legal standing to file civil cases against fugitives. A complaint was brought against Pascal  Simbikangwa …

 Hearing of M. Phesans Bertrand, a clinical psychologist. On the last day of the second week, a new expert, Mr. Bertrand Phesans is consulted at the request of the defense of Mr. Simbikangwa, dissatisfied with that of Madame Sironi, which was heard yesterday. The psychological against expertise has not fundamentally changed the conclusions of the first : normal intellectual efficiency, no neurosis, defensive position on the edge of incoherence, affabulatrice trend. Many traits that appear during the trial. Mr. Simbikangwa trivializes the consequences of his accident in 1986. It defines an embittered character, feeling a sense of injustice, where aggression …

Kangura comes back to the Paris Assize. The last day was marked by an unfortunate “incident.” While the witness Eric Gillet, lawyer to the Bar of Brussels, finished his testimony, a Pascal Simbikangwa’s lawyer, master Alexandra Bourgeot short of arguments, dared to address the witness as follows: “You had some intimate relations with Rwandans! “Mid-question, half statement. Protests on the bench plaintiffs, on the side of the Advocate General and murmurs in the room. And add, with some malice: “You had a Rwandan girlfriend! “Not to say Tutsi! How to endure such insinuations in a criminal court, where a genocide …

The fourth day is still devoted to witnesses context. Jacques Sémelin, a specialist of mass crimes, opens the day. We will have a lecture, accessible to all and admired by the Court President. Addressing the jury: “A heavy responsibility rests on your shoulders. It is said that mass crimes are unthinkable ? Instead, they are too thinkable. We are often told not to try to understand! But to understand is not to excuse the perpetrators. Now we can not understand everything : everything must be done to understand, but there will always be something that will withstand our understanding.” Jacques …

The day begins with the testimony of Ms. Anne Soussy, medical examiner responsible for the medical examination of the accused. His report will bring little revelations about Pascal Simbikangwa. The only interesting question was whether he could use crutches to get around. Without being completely categorical, rather it suggests that it is possible for someone who has enough strength. This does not seem to be the case that Simbikangwa said he never tried. We do not know much more. Continuing from where we had stopped the day before by the issues of defense lawyers about the resume of Simbikangwa. Will …

The New York Times, dated  Saturday, January 11, 2014 published an article about the CPCR few days before the first trial of Assizes in France against a genocide suspect, former captain Pascal Simbikangwa. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/world/africa/toiling-to-bring-rwanda-genocide-suspects-to-justice.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 REIMS, France — ABOVE his desk in a peaceful and tidy townhouse with pots of geraniums hanging from the windowsills and walls covered with photos of his children, Alain Gauthier keeps 24 files labeled with the names of some of the men and women accused in one of the most appalling crimes of the 20th century. Mr. Gauthier and his wife, Dafroza, have been collecting information …