Béatrice Munyenyezi

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Béatrice Munyenyezi (* 1970 in Rwanda ) is the first former Rwandan citizen, who in connection with the genocide in Rwanda , the US citizenship was revoked.

Life

Munyenyezi was indicted in June 2010 and sentenced to a maximum of ten years' imprisonment and two $ 250,000 fines in the United States in 2013 for lying on naturalization to obtain refugee status. Upon entering the country in 1998, she stated that she was being persecuted in Rwanda and withheld that she belonged to the MRND . It was naturalized in 2003. In fact, she was later recognized by witnesses as the commanding officer of a roadblock at which Tutsis were specifically singled out to be raped or killed.

Until November 2019, she was serving her sentence in a detention center in Aliceville , Alabama . After serving her sentence, she is said to be extradited to Rwanda. There she is awaiting trial for genocide .

Munyenyezi has three daughters. She is the wife of Arsène Shalom Ntahobali and the daughter-in-law of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko , both convicted of genocide in Rwanda. Her sister Prudence Kantegwa was sentenced to 21 months in prison in 2012 for perjury and obstruction of justice for misrepresenting her stay in Butare in 1994 and her political ties to the perpetrators of the genocide. She also served her sentence in the FCI Aliceville.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b U.S. District Judge Revokes Beatrice Munyenyezi's US Citizenship. (PDF; 79 kB) United States Department of Justice , March 2013, accessed April 29, 2014 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b Rwanda woman jailed in US for lying about genocide role. BBC , July 16, 2013, accessed April 23, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Nikhil Kumar: US citizen Beatrice Munyenyezi jailed for role in Rwandan genocide. In: The Independent . July 16, 2013, accessed April 29, 2014 .
  4. ↑ a b Chris McGreal: Rwandan woman stripped of US citizenship after lying about genocide . In: The Guardian . February 22, 2013 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 29, 2014]).
  5. ↑ Inmate Locator. Federal Bureau of Prisons , accessed April 27, 2014 (American English, BOP registration number 11805-049).
  6. ↑ Rwanda: First woman behind bars for genocide for life. In: Spiegel Online . June 24, 2011, accessed April 18, 2014 .
  7. ^ Dominic Johnson : Secretary of State for Rape . In: taz . June 25, 2011, p.  2 ( taz.de [accessed on April 18, 2014]).
  8. ^ Federal Correctional Institution = Federal Prison
  9. ↑ Inmate Locator. Federal Bureau of Prisons , accessed April 27, 2014 (American English, BOP registration number 27175-038).
personal data
SURNAME Munyenyezi, Béatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Rwandan citizen
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Rwanda