US jury convicts Rwandan American of lying about role in genocide

Jurors heard competing witness testimony on where Eric Nshimiye was and what he was doing in April 1994.A federal jury in Boston, Massachusetts, has convicted a Rwandan American man of perjury and obstruction of justice for lying about his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Eric Nshimiye, a 55-year-old father of four and a United States citizen, was accused of lying in his testimony in a 2019 trial, also in Boston, for Jean Leonard Teganya, a former medical school roommate who was later convicted of helping to perpetrate the genocide. At the time, Nshimiye told the court neither he nor his friend had taken part in the killing and rape of Tutsis in Butare, where the pair were studying at a medical university.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3What is the FDLR, and why does its anti-Tutsi ideology endure?list 2 of 3African Union holds Kigali talks as fighting continues in eastern DRClist 3 of 3US trial begins for Rwandan-American accused of role in genocideend of listInvestigators from the US Department of Homeland Security arrested Nshimiye at his home in Ohio in 2024, alleging he had lied to them in an interview about his time in Rwanda during the genocide.Nshimiye was or...