Rwanda back to the home country france want to see it 2 continents. Those who are suspected of taking part in the crimes must be tried before a court especially those currently living in france give you a false. So were fighting for justice. Because the victims have a right to that to suggest we must make sure that theyre not forgotten. And not go t. A. s on a difficult mission. He is in rwanda tracking down witnesses and evidence of crimes committed 25 years ago the massacre of the countrys tutsi minority and moderate hutus. Who would have a good time looking into 2 new cases involve 2 people who fled to france. Its. International arrest warrants were issued for both of them but france is refusing to recognize them to rwanda and wont bring up Legal Proceedings against them in france either. The author or group well its about i dont know exactly how things will go today but im hoping to get witness statements from some of the victims. To do more to dig deep. And i got a isnt a Police Officer or a prosecutor hes a retired teacher and his detective work is private to many survivors he is the only hope left to finding justice. But we cannot accept that people who took part in this genocide against the tootsies. Are now living a peaceful life in france. While the survivors still live here in poverty. The perpetrators arent friends and have acquired a kind of immunity. Deal you need to. Rwanda the land of a 1000 hills. And 994 the sticks arrest country witnessed one of the greatest humanitarian crimes in recent history. Extremists from the whos who majority murdered almost a 1000000 tutsis and moderate hutus within 100 days. The International Community stood by idly and watched. In this church and shes a girl alone more than 3 and a half 1000 people were killed in just a single day. Well this is where a law begins his search. For meaning regina is one of the few to have survived the church massacre. Who would do it not if you moved my whole family was hiding here. Who were years ago when we were a big family and now im the only one left and you know they dumped the bodies into the cistern in front of the church i survived despite my severe injuries. They did things to us that were so dreadful its hard to imagine and. Its agonizing to hear that these people are now living in peace somewhere else as if nothing had ever happened. And we live with this pain and theres nothing we can do about it. Will make. The words that will never heal. While many victims remain silent regina has made a point of talking to a lot. Of. Different survivors ive met her filling out the documents we need to file a complaint with the examining magistrate. We need to show that theyre related to the victims of our case also. Its painstaking work to piece together the evidence while a law hasnt made a big breakthrough today he has laid the foundation for further research. A law is on his way back to the capital kigali for a meeting at the office of the prosecutor general. Oral. After all these years rwandan authorities are still pursuing those who committed the crimes but they reach is limited allows work is a valuable asset to them. We know how good it is for these fugitives moving in this im going to. Present a notice be in the house for feeding tubes to match up to a number of other countries of this sort the drugs will be safe. For the Public Prosecutor on today doesnt see an ounce prosecution efforts in france as an outside interference but as well come support the all we have to do with the suspicions that it gets you to come with a book. This is an International Treaty we all have a duty. With governments with Civil Societies to contribute to justice to international Justice International universities and you cannot write. 25 years later a robot has transformed into a young and modern society now the various ethnic groups live together peacefully. 24 year old jack works as a photographer and artist in kigali he and his friends organize cultural events across the entire nation. And alice drive from kigali the crowd has eagerly anticipated the Young Artists arrival. Here and now the past seems far away. But it has not been forgotten. Weve gone for good causes all for myself. If i talk up its more like. Showing that one has more than the. Face its also showing. Their real wrongdoing like why are we. Putting. So where is rwanda now. His work is not only part of dealing with the past but also a contribution to a brighter future. A few days later elias back in the french city of qom. He and his wife to have lived here for many years. Deafness that was born in rwanda her mother was murdered in the 1st few days of the genocide. Most of her family was also simply wiped out. One day maybe more than 6000 kilometers away but all of the memories are right here. Margit in question which it ms imagined on my i have the feeling that all the images from back then are still in my head. The places the smells here for example in this family photo you can see my mother with my eldest daughter and thats my youngest sarah these are our children and their cousins a joyous family photo where everyones gathered together. Everyones happy to see each other. As the saying we in our children are the only ones still alive i almost feel a bit guilty why us. None of my relatives asked to die. Their lives were snuffed out. Just like that. Who has the right to do that. Having lost nearly the entire family is the driving force behind their tireless work. Our commitment has changed our life completely. You know if we were forced to make a choice to choose a different way of life. Than not want to know we devote our time to research to finding the people who committed the genocide. There and to compiling ducey is about them off them all inevitably practically Everything Else in our lives has become secondary and i also gone. Next door in their office the documents are piling up this is where the couple conducts they reset. Tracking down criminals 25 years after their crime is a difficult undertaking and emotionally draining. No its a tough as you suppose and its not easy at all. And its probably even harder rhonda for you put it. Im sure past makes it even more difficult for her to maintain the distance necessary. We cant let ourselves be too moved by witness statements. This is our work and we have to live with that. And now is taking the team you just put together in rwanda to paris that he hopes to convince the state Prosecutors Office to open an investigation he believes europeans have a responsibility to act. Of the people who committed the genocide of being searched for all over Europe Canada the United States all are looking. But france is different it refuses to arrest regard to. None of the perpetrators who are suspects in rwanda to live here have been extradited. To extradition requests 42 refused. So our only chance is to bring them to trial when france. Here in the heart of paris is with a good lawyer philip our works she has been supposing that if its 4 years and has a keen understanding for the excruciating details they must gather in order to move the case for way it. Alone hopes the results from the research she conducted in rwanda last november will help her ensure the charges are brought against both suspects working with the good is very important to the lawyer. My work as i live on death was as very profound because theyre so touched by what they do that they have dedicated their entire lives to it its like theyre compelled to do it. That moves me personally as well it gives all of this a special quality certainly you cant treat genocide as if it were just any other criminal case you see. This is where everything comes together the palace of justice and law and i have spent a lot of time in the ministry here their organization the civil plaintiffs collectively. Rwanda or c. P. C. Are has filed more than 40 complaints over the years but in all that time there have only been 3 convictions. Those 3 convictions wouldnt have happened without us. So we were the ones who mobilized the investigating judges. Unfortunately thats the truth of the matter. Sinecure visible the judiciary has only recently started to take initiative because your dishonest the support. Ready line is france shown so little interest in persecuting those who committed the genocide. Here on the outskirts of the capital as frances special judiciary unit to fight crimes against humanity. Prosecutor earlier divorce was directly involved in one of the 3 successful lawsuits why most individuals like along do the work of the judiciary for them. To succeed when youve got new sums it would need both in terms of geography and time were far removed from where and when the crimes were actually committed. Thats why the work of n. G. O. S like aloneness is so important. To the plant the c. C. R. Put together the files and presented them seatbelt on so that we could prepare the indictments only. They could be any way the last culprits guilty of mass murder in rwanda. The same afternoon i now goes to me to tell mark some. More. About you for a year now i think theyre going to get your body the lawyer from hamburg is also active. In rwanda he too is committed to defending the genocide victims in germany he represented their next of kin in Legal Proceedings for years the 2 have been getting together regularly to discuss what progress has been made. These among some is not surprised that france has done so little to pursue the offenders it hard. Because its no secret that france was very close to the regime that committed those atrocities. And his organization are helping the Public Prosecution do its job. The prosecuting attorneys would never have managed to put this together on their own thats why its so remarkable what his organization and the committee here have accomplished. A longer tear and detail mark someone justice for the victims. But what about the perpetrators. One of the 3 men convicted in france for genocide is in a prison just outside of paris. We arent able to speak with him ourselves but after a number of interview requests his daughter finally agrees to speak to us. With said to meet at a law firm in the city center but to our disappointment were met only by the familys lawyer the convict had cancelled last minute. The police epstein is extremely critical of the law and his organization. I think the c. B. C. Are has devoted itself to the wrong course but people there are prepared to use deceptive arguments and sometimes even false witness statements and preform related statements. They were willing to use witnesses who had lie just to get a conviction. For them the end justifies the means thats the position the c. P. C. Are represents and under those circumstances i prefer to defend mass murderers or. Serious allegations we decide to follow them up. When and there has collected enough evidence he hands it over to the Central Office for combat in crimes against humanity genocide and war crimes all o. C. L. C. Age their undercover agents retrace the suspect steps in france and rwanda in extensive investigations head of the office says it would be almost impossible for someone innocent to be convicted. Kimo says im serious when we start looking into a case we dont rely on the statement of just say 5 witnesses. We need a whole lot more. Once we have found 304050 witnesses we know weve been thorough. Then even if there are 3 among them that arent necessarily credible there are still 47. 00 incriminating statements left just. Keep in mind going to be just one and. The next day back in hans in 2 weeks he is planning to travel to one day with deficit. They need to gather more evidence to complete that theyve been working on. This struggle ever and. Thats unlikely to let up so we cant ever really know that we only could if people finally helped us bring the truth to light. If that happened if we were given support and the archives were opened up to us so if the people who knew what really happened back then would talk then we could finally make some progress. On otherwise its impossible. To weeks later at the airport in brussels shortly before the 25th anniversary of the genocide and on the trail of the suspects again we dont know were on our way back to rwanda this time tough resides with me we want to try to meet some witnesses i missed last time. We really hope well be able to talk to some survivors and perhaps even with some people who took part in the genocide. Maybe they can help us with our 2 current cases you know. In rwanda they set to work immediately throughout the years on law and i have travelled across the whole country they know nearly every town and most religious. Today they are missing an informant who has uncovered new witnesses to survivors who know the suspects personally. We cant film their conversation the information discussed is confidential and highly sensitive. The meeting with the witnesses has to take place under strict secrecy. We have to be very careful because perpetrators who have fled the country might still have relatives here in rwanda. They could threaten any witness willing to testify. To these 2 witnesses are as it were surrounded by the perpetrators relatives. So we have to be very careful and respect their wish for other discretion. Just because you want what i speak. After an hour long journey and the law arrived at the agreed meeting place. The witness is aware of the risk but she still wants to make a statement and assist alone death and they were. Happy to get out. In it and i want the truth to be known. And the world to learn what happened in rwanda back then. I want the offenders to be punished for what they have done. For. The economy. But time to cross check the information do the names dates and places correspond who was seen where and when how reliable is the witnesses memory. The eye witness was able to confirm allegations against both suspects a law and officer have made a big step forward soon they will have enough material for an indictment in france. Do you feel. Today was a 1st step that will have to come back again after the gold question next week we might be able to find out more from the group of survivors. Reports could confirm what we heard today. But 1st a lot and i went to visit a very special place. This is where the roots of their work lie in a district on the edge of kigali. Here on these steps is where death was us mother was shot dead in april 994 all because she was an ethnic tutsi. But its important for us to know what happened here on the morning of april the 8. For all the people who were killed here who were murdered that morning. So do it its important for the families of the victims. And for the survivors as well. For me to still be able. Unlike many others who will never find out what happened to their loved ones who will never know where they were murdered or where their bodies were left we do have certainty in that respect were lucky. Here on this commemorative plaque stuff was us mother is listed next to so many other victims. So we didnt take up this fight just because we have victims in our own family. Thats not why we keep struggling. We want justice for all the victims more the renew the more not the same can for everyone who died back then deserves justice. And that is why they quest continues. The next day they scheduled a very unusual meeting. And a law interviewing a man already tried and convicted for genocide he has spent the last 23 years behind bars people like him sometimes have particularly valuable information this time with a message to join the meeting and even name the interviewee best money money and he explicitly asks us to despite his 3 life sentences he maintains that he has never ever killed anyone supposed. To do if possible. I would like to ask people to accept us as brothers who were forced to kill by the political leadership. Despite everything. To really give the relatives of the victims still possess even a bit of pantry tism your sins. Then they should forgive us but. Its a conversation thats hard for a lot and to bear. Them simple muslim arabs. Although it isnt easy for me and it never will be my have to stay calm i know what im doing this for. Coming here is the price we have to pay to get the information we need. I dont like coming here but its necessary for our research. And for remembering the victims. The next stop is the kigali genocide memorial that same afternoon. Thats was i once to add a photograph of her mother to the wall one of the almost 1000000 victims in 994. Despite all the harrowing memories def was believes rwanda has a promising future. On no 4 has to take a hit song here dont want that we will never be able to bring back the dead. But rwanda has changed radically since 1994. 100 my think thats clear for anyone to see it isnt just the rwandan dream its more like the rwandan miracle seeing what has happened in the last 25 years. Yes i have to say i think its close to a miracle whatever because. The remains of death was as mother had been missing for a long time. Now her body has been laid to rest here in the memorial site along with 250000 other us. But the of the i dont think well ever be able to say our work here is done. But being here gives purpose to our fight for justice and the work of all who are fighting against those who committed or deny genocide to get you when we are here we know what were fighting for. Also but. If you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make accidents raring to read. Never read a book like this. Literalist preacher of the streets. Phillips hed have to get through the biggest make it break without a football thanks. Again. Excitement. Not. The ninetys. The results on the telly. This is g. W. News from berlin tonight the United States imposing more sanctions what President Trump calls hard hitting sanctions on iran. The new measures which target the countrys Supreme Leader and the countrys top diplomat but what is the strategy for hoeing the sanctions also coming up tonight fighter jets collided over northern germany the planes were on a Training Exercise both pilots were able to eject but only one survived and milan wins the right