Some 2,340 prisoners at Ntsinda prison in Kibungo province, southeastern Rwanda, recently confessed to their roles in the 1994 genocide, according to the Rwanda News Agency (RNA). They also promised to cooperate during gacaca traditional justice trials. “We are eagerly waiting for the gacaca programme,” they were quoted as saying, adding that they were ready to reveal the truth so that innocent people could be released. Rwanda’s Justice Minister Jean de Dieu Mucyo was quoted as saying during his visit to the prison that there was a need to confess and cooperate in telling the truth about what happened during the 1994 genocide. “We are not forcing anybody to confess but you should understand the importance of cooperating with all judicial sectors particularly gacaca courts, so as to bring criminals to justice,” he said. Nstinda prison has some 13,239 inmates, RNA said.
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