Wanted For Genocide, But Living Free In The UK

** Yes hot on the heels of the fiasco of former Home Sec. Charles Clarke telling fibs about the number of criminals from abroad who instead of being deported after serving their time in prison were allowed out back onto the streets of the UK to create yet more crime. It later came to light that 1023 had been set loose on the public and very few of these will ever be forced to leave the UK. But now we have this:

Two Rwandans named this week in a list of the 100 most wanted suspects for the 1994 genocide are living freely in Britain despite demands that they return home to stand trial.

Charles Munyaneza, 48, and Célestin Ugirashebuja, 55, local mayors accused of organising the genocide in their provinces of southern Rwanda, are leading ordinary lives with their families, one in suburban Bedford, the other in Essex.

Mr Munyaneza, a father of four, lives in a 1960s semi-detached house at an address known to the Home Office in Putnoe, a residential area of Bedford.

The government in Rwanda has requested these people be sent back to face trial, and requested this 3 months ago and because we have no extradition treaty with Rwanda they can stay put here in the UK. In fact police have not even visited them as yet regarding this. Guess there must be a lot of motorists in need of speeding tickets methinks...

In fact sources in Whitehall stated that there were in fact others wanted for genocide stating that that Mr Munyaneza and Mr Ugirashebuja were not the only two genocide suspects in the UK, putting the number at "several". Now why does that not supprise me.

This week Mr Munyaneza was named as wanted man number 54 in a list compiled by the prosecutor general in Kigali of 100 genocide suspects known to be evading justice abroad. Mr Ugirashebuja was number 93.

What amazes me is the total lack of interest by the police/home office and other gavernment pen pushers in this, in that we can do what is termed"one-off" extradition to a country that we have no formal extradition treaty with. Also under UK and international law they could even be tried in the UK for their crimes, yet so far nothing.

Story is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1773992,00.html
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