British prosecutors have charged a 65-year-old Rwandan man with genocide-related offences over his alleged role in the 1994 killings in Rwanda, marking the first case of its kind brought in the United Kingdom.
Vincent Brown, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, has been charged with one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six counts of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Monday.
Britain’s Counter Terrorism Policing War Crimes Team said Brown is accused of encouraging others to kill Tutsis in the Rwandan capital Kigali in April 1994.
Prosecutors allege that he “directed and incited” acts of murder and genocide carried out by others.
The investigation began in 2019 after a request from the Rwandan government and involved several years of international cooperation, police said.
Brown has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Tuesday.
Police said investigations involving six other people remain under way. Two men arrested in 2024 and 2026 on suspicion of genocide and crimes against humanity remain on bail.
More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed over roughly 100 days during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
