Rwanda former spy chief jailed in France

       Almost twenty years ago in April 1994, the world were shocked by horrific event, mass killings of Tutsis in Rwanda. In such a small period of time, 100 days, over 800 000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates were slaughtered.

      Recent BBC news reports that French court has jailed former Rwandan spy-chief Pascal Simbikangwa for 25 years over the 1994 genocide. He is found guilty for abetting genocide and for crimes against humanity. Simbikangwa was arrested in 2008, while living in the French Indian Ocean island.

      The actions of the Hutu extrimists groups were extremely violent, inhumaine and cannot be approved. Following the assassination of Hutu president of Rwanda Habyarimana in 1993, which served as a spark to a conflict, extremists set up road blocks, checked identifications cards and killed all who were Tutsi. Moreover, they got the data about Tutsi's addresses and killed them by clubs and machetes going door to door. Men were tortured, women raped and lots of children were killed violently. They killed them regardless of time and place, and numbers of dead Tutsis were found in schools and churches. Furthermore, extremists did not allow to bury dead bodies and they were rotten, eaten by rats and insects.

     Simbikangwa was tried under French legislation that allows universal jurisdiction for genocide and other crimes against humanity commited by foreigners abroad. He served under President Habyarimana and accused for organizing, inciting, instructing massive killing of Tutsi men, women and children.
   
        In a nutshell, I want to add that during those 100 days, almost no country made an effort to stop the massive ethnic cleansing, and conflict was terminated by Tutsis that arrived from Uganda. It gives hope that  nowadays people are getting more concerned about the issues of violation of human rights, and strives for justice and peace.