Rwandwan stripped of US citizenship over genocide

by admin
Feb 21, 2013

A US jury has found a Rwandan woman guilty of lying about her role in the country's 1994 genocide, leading to her citizenship being stripped.

43-year-old Beatrice Munyenyezi, who was on trial for lying on US government citizenship forms, was accused by the prosecution of having a "front-row seat" to the slaughter of Tutsis who killed and ordered rapes, playing an active role in the genocide.

Munyenyezi faced similar charges last year but the jury failed to reach a verdict. Both her husband and mother-in-law have been sentenced to life imprisonment after facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, last June.

See the full report from the Guardian here.

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