{"id":2341,"date":"2023-06-29T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2025-04-07T22:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:37:55","slug":"paris-merci-a-la-justice-declare-gauthier-apres-la-condamnation-de-biguma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fezaa.com\/?p=2341","title":{"rendered":"Paris : \u00ab Merci \u00e0 la justice \u00bb, d\u00e9clare Gauthier apr\u00e8s la condamnation de Biguma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Suite \u00e0 la condamnation \u00e0 la r\u00e9clusion criminelle \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 de Philippe Hategekimana, alias Biguma, par la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, le pr\u00e9sident du Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), Alain Gauthier, a exprim\u00e9 sa gratitude en d\u00e9clarant : \u00ab Merci \u00e0 la justice. \u00bb<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quelques jours avant la cl\u00f4ture du proc\u00e8s, l\u2019accus\u00e9 Biguma avait choisi de garder le silence, un droit qui, malheureusement pour lui, a jou\u00e9 en sa d\u00e9faveur. Lors du prononc\u00e9 du jugement, le juge Jean-Marc Lavergne a soulign\u00e9 que Biguma n\u2019avait jamais exprim\u00e9 de remords et avait ni\u00e9 toutes les accusations port\u00e9es contre lui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ce matin-l\u00e0, le tribunal s\u2019est isol\u00e9 pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 22 questions, auxquelles il a r\u00e9pondu \u00ab oui \u00bb pour la plupart, conduisant ainsi \u00e0 la condamnation \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Qui est Biguma ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philippe Manier Hategekimana, alias Biguma, est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Ntyazo. Ancien enseignant \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole primaire et responsable de la d\u00e9livrance des permis de conduire, il a suivi une formation militaire avant de partir \u00e9tudier en Belgique. \u00c0 son retour, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 mut\u00e9 en tant que gendarme, devenant moniteur sportif et formateur en sports de combat pour les jeunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturalis\u00e9 fran\u00e7ais en 2005 sous le nom de Philippe Manier, cet ancien adjudant-chef de la gendarmerie de Nyanza, aujourd\u2019hui \u00e2g\u00e9 de 67 ans, a \u00e9t\u00e9 accus\u00e9 d\u2019avoir \u00ab particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une pratique massive et syst\u00e9matique d\u2019ex\u00e9cutions sommaires, d\u2019enl\u00e8vements suivis de disparitions, de tortures et d\u2019actes inhumains \u00bb \u00e0 Butare, dans le sud du Rwanda, entre avril et juillet 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il lui a \u00e9t\u00e9 reproch\u00e9 d\u2019avoir \u00e9rig\u00e9 et contr\u00f4l\u00e9 des barri\u00e8res sous la responsabilit\u00e9 des gendarmes, d\u2019avoir orchestr\u00e9 le meurtre du bourgmestre Nyagasaza, ainsi que les massacres des collines de Nyabubare et de Nyamure dans la commune de Ntyazo le 27 avril 1994. Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 poursuivi pour entente en vue de commettre le g\u00e9nocide, notamment par sa participation \u00e0 des r\u00e9unions et aux massacres \u00e0 l\u2019ISAR Songa, des faits requalifi\u00e9s suite \u00e0 l\u2019appel du CPCR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Un parcours judiciaire complexe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2015, \u00e0 la demande du CPCR et d\u2019autres organisations de d\u00e9fense des droits de l\u2019homme, une enqu\u00eate a \u00e9t\u00e9 ouverte par le Parquet National Antiterroriste (PNAT), charg\u00e9 de la poursuite des crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9 et des crimes de guerre. Cette enqu\u00eate a confirm\u00e9 que Hategekimana faisait l\u2019objet de poursuites pour g\u00e9nocide, crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9 et appartenance \u00e0 un groupe visant \u00e0 organiser ces crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre enfui au Cameroun, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 arr\u00eat\u00e9 en mars 2018 et renvoy\u00e9 en France, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 plac\u00e9 en d\u00e9tention \u00e0 partir du 15 f\u00e9vrier 2019. Le 20 septembre 2021, la Cour d\u2019appel a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 qu\u2019il serait jug\u00e9 par la cour d\u2019assises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le proc\u00e8s de Biguma, qui a d\u00e9but\u00e9 le 10 mai 2023 \u00e0 la cour d\u2019assises de Paris, s\u2019est conclu le 28 juin 2023. 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