Genocide survivors strongly feel that they have been betrayed by the government and that they may resort to mob justice,'' says a survivor in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. In the southern Rwandan province of Butare, for example, more than 20 were allegedly killed by civilians, in collaboration with the members of Rwanda's Tutsi-dominated army. The 10,000 suspects who are due to be released soon have either no charges to answer or no file opened in their names, the minister says.
Survivors also are worried.
They were always telling me that they would kill me as they did with my family. I was scared that they would slaughter me,'' she says. This is the moment people should think about their responsibility to assist the judicial system in producing proofs of culpability against those who will be released,'' says a widow in Kigali. The minister says the release of the 10,000 suspects shows Rwanda's commitment to the rule of law. Analysts, however, believe that the government wants to get rid of the burden of feeding the detainees who consume more than one million US dollars a year.