Ex-Rwandan official appears at UK trial over 1994 genocide

Prosecutors allege Vincent Brown incited and directed acts of violence during the early days of the Rwandan genocide.Published On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026A former Rwandan official has appeared in a court in the United Kingdom after being charged with ordering six killings during the first week of the Rwandan genocide in 1994.Vincent Brown, a 65-year-old doctor formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, is the first ⁠person to be charged in Britain over the genocide, in which more than 800,000 people, most from the Tutsi ethnic minority, were killed in over 100 days of nationwide massacres. He denied any wrongdoing.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Dutch court hands life sentence to Rwandan man for genocide rolelist 2 of 3Hutu and Tutsi: The history behind the dividelist 3 of 3UK prosecutors charge first person for Rwanda genocideend of listOn Tuesday, Brown spoke in court to confirm his name, date of birth and address. He did not enter a plea.Brown faces one charge of conduct ancillary to genocide in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, in April 1994 during the first week of the genocide. The doctor is accused of ordering six killings in four days, including of a young mother and her baby s...