Charles Onana found guilty of contesting crimes against humanity

Charles Onana, a 60-year-old Franco-Cameroonian author, was found guilty by a Paris court on December 9 for “complicity in publicly contesting the existence of a crime against humanity”. His conviction stems from statements in his 2019 book, Rwanda, the Truth About Operation Turquoise, where he referred to the notion of a Hutu-planned genocide as “one of the greatest scams of the 20th century.”

Onana was fined €8,400, while his…