Member of British Parliament Andrew Mitchell has called on his government to bring to book genocide fugitives roaming freely in the European country. According to Mitchell, it is absurd that the United Kingdom has given a safe haven for alleged perpetrators of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. “Living in this country today, free and at large, now for more than 14 years are five people accused of genocide crimes and crimes against humanity. Four of the five are living out of taxpayers’ expense, and more than three million Pounds, taxpayers’ money, have been spent on meeting their legal fees,” he said in a parliamentary session on Thursday, January 28. The five indicted genocide suspects in the United Kingdom are Dr Vincent Bajinya, Célestin Ugirashebuja, Charles Munyaneza, Emmanuel Nteziryayo and Célestin Mutabaruka. They are accused of masterminding the genocide against the Tutsi and the UK justice system has had their indictments for 13 years. “I call upon all those who care about the Holocaust, genocide, and justice, to take up this cause,” added Mitchell, who is also a former Minister of International Development. Mitchell also underscored that: “The souls of the slaughtered Tutsis cry out for justice but Britain has turned a deaf ear, we should all be ashamed.” Mitchell is not the first United Kingdom House of Lords member to make the same call. For instance, last year in December, Lord Stuart Polak expressed disappointment in regards to how the UK has dealt with genocide perpetrators who are currently given a comfortable stay in the country.
