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Vincent Brown, a former Rwandan official who changed his name to Vincent Bajinya, appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 22 for charges related to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The court heard that Brown faces one charge of conduct ancillary to genocide and six charges of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity, all stemming from events between April 6 and 13, 1994, when he allegedly encouraged mass killings and ordered specific murders in Kigali. This is the first time someone has been charged in Britain over the Rwandan genocide where more than 800,000 people were killed within a hundred days.

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Vincent Brown, a 65-year-old Rwandan man formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, appeared in London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 22, 2026, charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six counts of conduct ancillary to murder as crimes against humanity. These charges are the first brought in the United Kingdom for the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide, where more than 800,000 people were killed over 100 days. Brown is accused of directing and inciting acts of murder and genocide carried out by others during a critical week following President Juvenal Habyarimana's assassination on April 6, 1994. At the time, he was head of the Department of Family Health within Rwanda’s National Office of Population in Kigali. Brown denied any wrongdoing when interviewed by police in 2020 and appeared at court to confirm his name, date of birth, and address but did not enter a plea.

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He is charged with one offence of conduct ancillary to genocide in Rwanda's capital Kigali between April 6 and 13, 1994 – the first week of the genocide, after Rwanda's president Juvenal Habyarimana was killed alongside Burundi's president Cyprien Ntaryamira in a rocket attack on their plane.

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Rwandan man charged in UK with genocide offences appears in court LONDON, Sept 22 - asserted

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A former Rwandan official appeared in a London court on Tuesday charged with encouraging the massacre of Tutsis and ordering six killings in the first week of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. asserted

official → appear → genocide

Vincent Brown, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, is the first person to be charged in Britain over the genocide, in which more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in 100 days in massacres orchestrated by the Hutu ruling majority. asserted

Tutsis → know → majority

president → charge → plane

Brown also faces six offences of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity, alleging he ordered six killings in four days, including of a young mother and her baby son. asserted

he → face → mother

The 65-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, where prosecutor Jane Stansfield said Brown was head of the Department of Family Health within Rwanda's National Office of Population when the genocide began. asserted

genocide → appear → Population

Stansfield said Brown was alleged by witnesses, including his neighbours, to have been "the leader and supervisor of physical acts of violence which were carried out by others". asserted

which → say → others