Ryandikayo (ICTR-95-1E)

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Source: Ryandikayo (ICTR-95-1E)

Transferred to National Courts: 20 June 2012

Charles Ryandikayo, a businessman in Kibuye Prefecture, was indicted for his alleged involvement in systematic attacks against Tutsi civilians throughout Kibuye Prefecture in 1994. The prosecution charged Ryandikayo with direct responsibility for genocide, complicity in genocide, incitement to genocide, and crimes against humanity for acts of murder, extermination, rape, and persecution.

Ryandikayo remained at large as the ICTR was ending its work, and in 2012, the ICTR granted the prosecution’s request to refer the case to the national courts in Rwanda, where he would face trial if captured.