UK Counter Terrorism Policing Investigation has arrested and charged Vincent ‘Bajinya’ Brown with crimes linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The UK police, in a statement on Monday, said Mr Brown was the first to be charged in the UK over a link to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
“A 65-year-old man has become the first person in the UK to be charged with offences related to the Rwandan genocide following an investigation by the Counter Terrorism Policing War Crimes Team,” the police said. “Dr Vincent Brown (aka Bajinya) of Islington was arrested and charged today (Monday) in relation to crimes allegedly committed in Rwanda in the 1990s.”
Mr Brown has been remanded in custody and will be appearing before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for trial regarding his role in the 2004 Rwanda genocide.
He was charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide in April 1994, in Kigali, engaged in conduct ancillary to acts of genocide, with the intent to destroy in whole or in part the Tutsi ethnic group, namely encouraging others to kill members of that group as such.
Mr Brown was also charged with six counts of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity in Kigali, engaged in conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity.
According to the police, the War Crimes Team began their investigation in September 2019 after a formal request from the Rwandan government to investigate those allegedly involved in a genocide in the Rugenge district of Kigali in April 1994.
“Following a complex and extensive seven-year investigation, involving numerous deployments and significant international cooperation, the Crown Prosecution Service has now authorised the following charges, all contrary to section 52 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001,” the police said.
