PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Protais Mpiranya (16 April 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage Zimbabwe to give up Rwanda Genocide suspect Protais Mpiranya to allow him to face trial.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

We are aware of reports that suspected genocidaire, Protais Mpiranya, is believed to be in Zimbabwe. The UK supports the UN investigation to locate him. We call on Zimbabwe to work with the UN. We are encouraged that Zimbabwe and Rwanda signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 19 March regarding legal mutual assistance on criminal matters as part of a four-day virtual Joint Permanent Commission to strengthen bilateral relations. The UK remains fully committed to ensuring perpetrators of the genocide are held to account and justice is achieved.

Answered by:
Sir James Duddridge (Conservative)
26 April 2021