More than three decades after one of the twentieth century's most devastating mass killings, a British court is being asked to reckon with what happened in Rwanda in 1994. Vincent Brown, a man who has since built his life in the United Kingdom, now faces charges of aiding genocide and crimes against humanity — allegations he denies — in what marks the first domestic prosecution of its kind in British legal history. The case reflects a quiet but consequential shift in how nations understand their own responsibility to pursue accountability, regardless of how much time has passed or how many bor
U.K. charges man in first domestic Rwanda genocide prosecution
Alleged involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during Rwanda's 1994 mass violence that killed approximately 800,000 people.