{"id":2338,"date":"2021-12-05T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2025-04-07T22:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:41:57","slug":"paris-on-ne-nie-pas-le-genocide-mais-mon-client-est-innocent-declare-lavocat-de-muhayimana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338","title":{"rendered":"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>La deuxi\u00e8me semaine du proc\u00e8s de Claude Muhayimana, qui se tient \u00e0 la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e par des t\u00e9moignages qui se contredisent les uns apr\u00e8s les autres. Cette situation a conduit les avocats de la d\u00e9fense \u00e0 remettre en question la cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9 des t\u00e9moins.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Ce n\u2019est pas habituel pour la cour de voir se succ\u00e9der autant de t\u00e9moignages contradictoires \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Ma\u00eetre Philippe Meilhac, avocat de Claude Muhayimana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette semaine a vu d\u00e9filer des t\u00e9moins directement li\u00e9s au proc\u00e8s : certains du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des parties civiles, d\u2019autres ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9s pour leur participation au g\u00e9nocide contre les Tutsi, ainsi qu\u2019un petit nombre de t\u00e9moins non condamn\u00e9s mais qui n\u2019\u00e9taient pas non plus des rescap\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Des contradictions frappantes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les contradictions les plus notables sont venues de t\u00e9moins condamn\u00e9s, dont certains ont radicalement chang\u00e9 leurs d\u00e9clarations ant\u00e9rieures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Dans ma d\u00e9position, j\u2019avais dit aux enqu\u00eateurs que j\u2019avais vu Claude Muhayimana lors des attaques, car il conduisait le v\u00e9hicule qui aurait transport\u00e9 les Interahamwe et les gendarmes ayant tu\u00e9 les Tutsi r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s dans diff\u00e9rents endroits. Mais ensuite, je me suis r\u00e9tract\u00e9 : en r\u00e9alit\u00e9, je ne l\u2019ai jamais vu ni rencontr\u00e9 lors des attaques. Je l\u2019ai entendu mentionn\u00e9 lors de la collecte d\u2019informations pour les Gacaca, et je l\u2019ai confirm\u00e9 comme si je l\u2019avais vu, mais j\u2019ai menti \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 un t\u00e9moin, identifi\u00e9 comme G. (nom modifi\u00e9), devant la cour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Ce que j\u2019ai dit auparavant \u00e9tait un mensonge, mais aujourd\u2019hui je dis la v\u00e9rit\u00e9, car je me suis repenti devant Dieu. Je sais que mentir et accuser \u00e0 tort ne m\u2019apportera que du malheur \u00bb, a ajout\u00e9 le t\u00e9moin G., qui affirme avoir grandi avec Claude Muhayimana, sans pour autant \u00eatre ni son ami ni son ennemi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ma\u00eetre Meilhac a soulign\u00e9 que l\u2019essentiel n\u2019est pas de comprendre pourquoi ces d\u00e9clarations sont contradictoires, mais de le constater. \u00ab Dans un proc\u00e8s criminel en France, de cette nature-l\u00e0, une juridiction ne peut pas se satisfaire de d\u00e9clarations contradictoires \u00bb, a-t-il affirm\u00e9. \u00ab La cour doit s\u2019assurer de la cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9 des t\u00e9moignages, et pour l\u2019instant, ce n\u2019est pas le cas \u00bb, a-t-il ajout\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La d\u00e9fense maintient l\u2019innocence de Muhayimana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019avocat de Muhayimana insiste sur l\u2019innocence de son client. \u00ab Mon client a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu innocent d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but des accusations port\u00e9es par le collectif des parties civiles concernant les massacres au stade Gatwaro, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9glise catholique de Kibuye, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole de Nyamishaba et au Home Saint-Jean. Il faut reconna\u00eetre que les rescap\u00e9s de ces lieux ont perdu de nombreux membres de leurs familles, et m\u00eame la d\u00e9fense a \u00e9t\u00e9 touch\u00e9e comme les autres. Mais la question qui subsistera au cours du d\u00e9bat est : quel a \u00e9t\u00e9 le r\u00f4le de Claude Muhayimana ? Quelle a \u00e9t\u00e9 sa participation ? Je suis convaincu qu\u2019il n\u2019en restera rien \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Ma\u00eetre Meilhac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Muhayimana est poursuivi pour complicit\u00e9 dans le g\u00e9nocide contre les Tutsi et pour crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9. Le proc\u00e8s, qui a d\u00e9but\u00e9 le 22 novembre 2021 \u00e0 la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, doit se conclure le 17 d\u00e9cembre 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La deuxi\u00e8me semaine du proc\u00e8s de Claude Muhayimana, qui se tient \u00e0 la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-francais","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana - FEZAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana - FEZAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La deuxi\u00e8me semaine du proc\u00e8s de Claude Muhayimana, qui se tient \u00e0 la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FEZAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-05T20:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-07T22:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Francine Andrew SARO\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Francine Andrew SARO\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338\",\"name\":\"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana - FEZAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-05T20:34:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-07T22:41:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg\",\"width\":350,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/\",\"name\":\"FEZAA\",\"description\":\"Your Best Choice\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8\",\"name\":\"Francine Andrew SARO\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Francine Andrew SARO\"},\"description\":\"Francine Andrew Saro is an award-winning Rwandan senior journalist with extensive experience in judicial, health science, environmental, and investigative reporting. She is the winner of the AI Journalism Challenge and is also a passionate documentarian of touristic and cultural experiences.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.fezaa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana - FEZAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana - FEZAA","og_description":"La deuxi\u00e8me semaine du proc\u00e8s de Claude Muhayimana, qui se tient \u00e0 la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, a \u00e9t\u00e9 marqu\u00e9e &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338","og_site_name":"FEZAA","article_published_time":"2021-12-05T20:34:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-07T22:41:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":350,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Francine Andrew SARO","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Francine Andrew SARO","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338","url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338","name":"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana - FEZAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-05T20:34:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-07T22:41:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Meilhac.jpg","width":350,"height":200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2338#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Paris : \u00ab On ne nie pas le g\u00e9nocide, mais mon client est innocent \u00bb, d\u00e9clare l\u2019avocat de Muhayimana"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/","name":"FEZAA","description":"Your Best Choice","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39028b6da0a642ca970f1d4a60dbfbc8","name":"Francine Andrew SARO","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1b2ec90faabfb0b381c12c5ffcdeefeb33081ad0009f59b326c336653061bb49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Francine Andrew SARO"},"description":"Francine Andrew Saro is an award-winning Rwandan senior journalist with extensive experience in judicial, health science, environmental, and investigative reporting. She is the winner of the AI Journalism Challenge and is also a passionate documentarian of touristic and cultural experiences.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.fezaa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338\/revisions\/2340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}