The Netherlands is one of the European countries who have made remarkable efforts to extradite to Rwanda Rwandan genocidaires who thought they had found a haven in this country. The most recent of those alleged genocidaires is Venant Rutunga, alias Kota Venant, who was sent to Rwanda on 27 July 2021 is a case in point.

Venant Rutunga, 72, faces three charges, including playing a role in the genocide, complicity in killing, and crimes against humanity, according to Rwanda’s National Public Prosecution Authority. He is  a former director at ISAR ( Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute), in southern Rwanda.

Regrettably, 27 years on, lots of  hardcore genocidaires continue to live unperturbed in the Netherlands. The list is too long, but we will mention the most notorious who, like Rutunga, should extradited to Rwanda to account for their crimes.

Charles Ndereyehe Ntahontuye 

He was born in former Cyabingo commune, Ruhengeri currently Musanze district in 1949.  He lives in Harderwijk, in the Netherlands. Together with his family: his wife Mukasine Florentine, His daughters Gloria Ndereyehe and Solange Ndereyehe. They are all involved in genocide denial activities.

 

During the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, Ndereyehe was ISAR Director. The government appointed director one year before in 1993. According to the National Commission for the Fight against genocide, on 26 April 1994. The Gacaca courts in Rubona sentenced Ndereyehe to life imprisonment for his role in Genocide against the Tutsi. He is the brain behind the creation of FDU-Inkingi, of which he is its advisor. Dutch government is aware of his evil acts during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He was arrested recently  but released immediately for having Dutch nationality. This act was seen  by survivors as to rub the salt into wounds.

 

It is alleged that he took part in massacres carried out at the Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute (ISAR), of which he had become director general of in 1993. On 26 April 1994, more than 300 people were killed under his orders. Other accomplices included Joseph Mulindangabo, who was Rubona Chief of the station, Didace Mugemana, a staff manager "who had prepared a list of Tutsi of ISAR to be killed," Jacques Ntunda, Venant Rutunga, Aloys Mukuralinda, Ndayizigiye alias Ajida, Thaddée Musabyimana, and Innocent Nsengiyumva.

 

CNLG estimates 70 former ISAR Rubona staff and their families were massacred, however, the exact total number of Tutsi killed at ISAR Rubona is unknown.Some of the bodies of the Tutsi killed in ISAR Rubona have not yet been found so that they can be buried in dignity. CNLG indicates that  only 120 are buried in the Genocide memorial of Rubona, asserts CNLG.

 

On November 5, 2008, Ndereyehe was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia by the Gikirambwa Gacaca Court after he was found guilty of Genocide. Ndereye’s entrenched Hutu Power extremism is well documented. In 1992, together with other Hutu extremists including Ferdinand Nahimana, they launched what they called Cercle des Républicains Progressistes (CRP), a precursor to the Coalition for the Défense of the Republic (CDR), which actively took part in the genocide. Ndereyehe was a CDR Member.

 

In the aftermath of the defeat of the genocidal government, he fled to former Zaire where he, and senior military of officers of the defeated genocidal army created the Rally for Democracy in Rwanda (RDR). He then fled to the Netherlands where he became an active member of the FDU, an offshoot of the RDR.

 

The FDU-Inkingi is part of the terrorist grouping called P5 which also includes the Rwandan National Congress (RNC), and RUD Urunana who have been engaged in destabilisation activities inside Rwanda. On April 20, 2010, Rwanda issued an International Arrest Warrant for him. He is also on the wanted list by the International Police. That, however, does not stop him from continuing his extremist propaganda activities in Europe and elsewhere.

Joseph Mugenzi

He originates from Bulinga, in Gitarama. He lived in The Netherlands with his wife Speciosa Nyirankuriza and currently relocated to Belgium. He was a key player in the genocide against the Tutsi in Gitarama. He was arrested in October 2020 on the arrest warrant against him by the government of Rwanda. He is the chairman of FDU-Inkingi in the Netherlands.

He is the father to Rene Claude Mugenzi, one of the self-styled opponents of the Rwandan government who lives in the UK. Rene Mugenzi was recently released from prison after serving a 22-month jail term for stealing £235,000 from Norwich Catholic Church. He was asked to pay £1.00.

 

The father and the son pose as critics of the Rwandan government but in reality, their aim is to hoodwink people about Mugenzi senior’s bloody involvement in the slaughter of Tutsi in 1994.

 

Jean Baptiste Nyabusore

He was born in former Karago commune, in former Gisenyi prefecture. Following the Interpol arrest warrant issued by the Rwandan government, he was recently arrested over his active involvement in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi when he was the President of the MRND in Mukingo Commune. As a matter of fact, he  was the director at ISAE-Busogo and was also close to Charles Ndereyehe. He is also a member of FDU-Inkingi. He still lives in The Netherlands scot-free.

 

Stanislas Niyibizi

 

He hails from former Cyeru commune, in former Ruhengeri prefecture. He was the Chief Statistician in ministry of labour (MIFOTRA) and later he became the Director of OCIR-Thé-Nshili until 1994. While in Nshili, he participated in the massacres of thousands of Tutsi at Kibeho, in southern Rwanda in 1994. He is a local representative of FDU-Inkingi in the Netherlands since 2010. He has been an advisor to FDU-Inkingi leadership, and close to Charles Ndereyehe.

 

Lin Muyizere

 

He originates from Gitarama, currently Muhanga district, Southern province.

He is the husband to Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, who was president of FDU-Inkingi. In 1994, he was the veterinary of Butamwa Commune in rural Kigali.

He lives in Venhuizen-North in the west of The Netherlands since 1995. He left Rwanda in 1994 after taking part in the Genocide against the Tutsi.

 

He has been fighting against his extradition to Rwanda, since He lost his Dutch citizenship on 26^th September 2014, for his alleged role  in the genocide. He has actively collaborated  with FDLR and RNC. He claims to be a political opponent and not a genocidaire on the run.

 

Muyizere is the estranged husband to Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, formerly RDR President, and chairperson and founder of the FDU-Inkingi. Upon return to Rwanda in August 2010, the government arrested him on grounds of genocide denial and revisionism and sentenced to 15 years in jail. She was  thanks to the presidential pardon after serving eight years. She is now heading another non-registered party, DALFA (Development and Liberty for All) – Umurinzi and continues to promote the Hutu Power extremist ideology.

 

Since the withdrawal of his Dutch nationality, he has been playing from the back end fearing continued expression in Dutch media. He continues to be an active member of FDU-Inkingi.

Karwera  Mutwe Esperance

Karwera Mutwe Esperance, lived at Schoutendreef 259, 2542 LH, in The Hague, Netherlandsa and was very influential member of the Central Committee of the former ruling extremist party MRND (National Revolutionary Movement for Development). She is also on Interpol Warrant list for her role in the genocide. But She shifted to France after the death of  Her husband, Barthazar Mutwe recently in 2019. Mutwe was a well-known businessman in Kigali in 1994 and was also indicted for his role in the Genocide against the Tutsi. He died in the Netherlands. 

EX-FAR Major Karangwa Pierre Claver

He originates from Mugina, in Gitarama. In 1993 genocide against the Tutsi, he was the head of “Bureau de Gendarmerie” until 1994 where he became a special envoy of the ex-FAR Chief of Staff. He worked as defence investigator for Augustin Ndindiriyimana at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) but the court later removed after discovering that he may have involved in the genocide against the Tutsi.

Rights and REDRESS published investigation that showed that Karangwa had a direct role in the killings of 20,000 Tutsi who had fled to Mugina parish. He is also alleged of killing a local authority who tried to foil his mobilization to exterminate Tutsi people in Mugina commune. In addition, he is also accused of killing the mayor of Mugina commune who was trying to protect Tutsi. He is also a founding member of FDU-Inkingi. He tries to hide his political activities because he is aware of the crimes against genocide.

All these genocide fugitives have one thing in common: they are all members, founders, or leaders in FDU-Inkingi, a political organisation born out of the RDR. The latter was composed of former Rwandan military and political leaders who spearheaded the mass-killings of Tutsi in 1994.

This is visibly a scheme they skilfully set up to sanitise their names and whitewash themselves of the very grave genocide crimes they are all suspected of having perpetrated. Such individuals who the Rwandan government accuses of committing genocide and crimes against humanity should not be given sanctuary anywhere in the world. As it did with previous wanted genocide suspects, The Netherlands should do the right thing and expedite the extradition of the individuals mentioned in this paper to Rwanda without further delay.