This report describes the recent secret transfer of weapons and ammunition from several countries, including Albania and Bulgaria, to the exiled Rwandese armed forces in Eastern Zaire by traders in the United Kingdom using aircraft registered in Ghana, Nigeria, Ukraine and Russia. AI is concerned that these weapons are being transferred illegally to forces which are still under the command of those responsible for the genocide in Rwanda. AI fears that such transfers are likely to result in further human rights abuses.
Rwanda: Arming the perpetrators of the genocide
Topics
- Africa
- Albania
- Armed Conflict
- Armed Groups
- Arms Trade
- Bulgaria
- Children
- Discrimination
- Impunity
- International Organizations
- Justice Systems
- Killings and Disappearances
- Nigeria
- Racial Discrimination
- Refugees
- Report
- Research
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Ukraine
- UN
- United Kingdom
- Unlawful Killings
- Women and Girls
- Women's Rights