U.S. Rewards for Justice Campaign to Apprehend Persons Indicted for War Crimes by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper announced on June 12 in Nairobi, Kenya, an enhanced campaign to apprehend persons indicted for war crimes by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
• The United States government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to the apprehension of persons indicted for war crimes.

• This campaign is initially targeting Félicien Kabuga, who is indicted for genocide for his alleged financial support of the massacres in Rwanda in 1994 and reported to be in Kenya.

• On July 29, Amb. Prosper will hold a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa to expand the Rewards for Justice campaign to focus on a number of other key indictees reported to be in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

• These indictees continue to play a destructive role and are fueling the war that has gripped the Great Lakes region of Africa for over half a decade. These indictees also form the leadership of a terrorist group, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR) - a group that is linked to the killing of American and British citizens in Bwindi National Park in Uganda in 1999.

• The Rewards for Justice program is funded through the Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service account, authorized under section 36 of the Department of State Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended. In 2000, the U.S. Congress expanded Rewards for Justice to include the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

• To date, the program has paid over $9.5 million to 22 people who provided credible information that put terrorists behind bars or prevented international acts of terrorism worldwide.

• Ambassador Prosper’s announcement reaffirms the strong support of the United States for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the pursuit of justice for the victims of the genocide in Rwanda.