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UK brings first charges for 1994 Rwanda genocide after seven-year investigation

Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, became the first person charged in the UK for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide on 2026-09-21, following a seven-year investigation by the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Team. Brown is accused of directing and inciting acts of murder and genocide and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 2026-09-21 facing seven charges.

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Rwandan man charged with crimes linked to 1994 genocide in first case brought in UK

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Dr Vincent Brown will appear at Westminster magistrates court charged with seven offences A man has been charged with crimes linked to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 in the first case of its kind to be brought in the UK. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, who used to live in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda but now lives in Islington, north London, will appear at Westminster magistrat

UK charges Rwandan doctor over 1994 genocide allegations

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British prosecutors charged Dr Vincent Brown, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, in London on Sept. 21 with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six counts of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. The 65-year-old Rwandan who lives in north London is the first person charged in the United Kingdom over the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Prosecutors allege that he directed and in

First charges brought in UK for 1994 Rwanda genocide

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Prosecutors said on Monday they had brought the first-ever charges in the UK against a man for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, after a complex seven-year investigation. Vincent Brown, 65, was arrested and charged on Monday with one count of being an ancillary to genocide and six offences of aiding crimes against humanity in Rwanda, prosecutors and the London police said. “He is alleg