A Belgian judge would investigate the charges against Father Theunis and decide whether or not to prosecute. “At first glance, we can’t find any damning facts in the case and we had a proper look,” Mr de Gucht was quoted as telling Belgian radio…
Earlier this month, Father Theunis became the first foreigner to go before one of the “gacaca” courts set up to help investigate the genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died.
He was accused of inciting Rwandans to commit genocide by republishing articles from an extremist publication, Kangura, in his Dialogue magazine.
He told the court in the Rugenge area: "I am astonished to hear all these allegations levelled against me. I sometimes wrote articles to press for human rights. “I never republished articles from Kangura, but just translated as part of a press review.”
