Australian media expose two suspected genocide killers living happily in Brisbane

Froduald Rukeshangabo – suspected genocidaire living free in Brisbane
Pic credit: ABC Four Corners

The ABC documentary ‘The wanted: Searching for alleged Genocide Perpetrators in Australia’ can be seen via this link

March 2024
An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) investigations unit – Four Corners – has led to the uncovering of two alleged genocidaires living happy lives in the sun thousands of miles from where their victims lie buried and survivors wake each day to more sorrow and grief. Froduald Rukeshangabo was captured by a TV crew wandering contentedly across the suburban roads in the south Australian city, of Brisbane, smartly dressed with dark glasses and seemingly not a care in the world. The 50 minute documentary ‘The Wanted’ which talks to survivors of the horrific killings the two men are alleged to have taken part in before fleeing the country makes it clear that justice is still urgently needed.
Rukeshangabo is now making a good living as a driving instructor; former high school headmaster Celestin Munyaburanga is also thought to be living in Brisbane possibly under an assumed name as his family are based there. He is said to have set up a road block at Hanika in the Nyanza district where he took part in killing Tutsis along with interahahmwe militia. Rwanda asked for his arrest and extradition in 2017 when it suspected he was living in Canberra but no action was taken by Australian government. Frodauld Rukeshangabo was found guilty by a Gacaca community court in 2007 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. In 1994 he was an education inspector and is said to have attended a meeting in the village of Gatonde, Rubona district in the East of Rwanda on the very first day of the genocide against the Tutsi – 7 April – where extremists divided the area into groups who were then to kill all the Tutsi in their designated zone. Rukeshangabo is said by witnesses – including perpetrators and survivors – to have been part of a group that beat and hacked Tutsis to death. In 2009 he was given a humanitarian visa to live in Australia after a referral from the UNHCR, and became an Australian citizen in 2014.
Sadly, like the UK, Australia has a perfect record when it comes to putting suspected genocidaire on trial – it has failed to manage a single case in 80 years despite giving a comfortable retirement to hundreds of Nazi Holocaust perpetrators after 1945. Like the UK, its governments and justice system welcome mass murderers to live happily in its community with no thought for the survivors or victims.
In a recent article on ABC news the Executive director of the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ), Rawan Arraf, said Australia was falling behind its international counterparts.”Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and others are all actively investigating international crimes and bringing cases to prosecution, and have dedicated, specialised investigative units to do so,” she told Four Corners and Guardian Australia. When it comes to alleged crimes such as genocide and war crimes, she said: “Failure to investigate and prosecute can also have a significant impact on victims and their families.”
Australia has given retirement to notorious Holocaust perpetrators such as Konrad Kalejs. Its failure to bring such killers to justice only adds to genocide denial which is on the rise – as it is in the UK. These countries boast about their impeccable democratic credentials which include the rule of law, bringing justice regardless of race or age, promotion of genocide awareness and free and fair justice systems. In fact it is all a lie. They show no concern about genocide or its victims – or the legacy of genocide denial they are allowing to grow unhindered.
Are these governments racist at heart? – if the victims were white UK or Australian citizens would they take super quick action against alleged perpetrators?
The reader can make up their own mind….