8 hours agoFrance rules for extradition of Rwanda genocide suspect
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The Court of Appeals in Paris has ruled to hand over Felicia Kabugas, suspected of genocide in Rwanda, for trial at the international tributal. UN prosecutors accuse Kabugan of financing and arming the Hutu ethnic militia, which has left some 800,000 members of the Tutsi community dead and moderate members of [...]
The Court of Appeals in Paris has ruled to hand over Felicia Kabugas, suspected of genocide in Rwanda, for trial at the international tributal.
UN prosecutors accuse Kabugan of financing and arming the Hutu ethnic militia, which has left some 800,000 members of the Tutsi community dead and moderate members of the Hutu community in Rwanda over 100 days in 1994.
He faces charges of genocide, involvement in genocide, persecution and extermination.
Kabuga's lawyers have argued before the Court of Appeals in Paris that 84-year-old should be tried in France because of the delayed age, poor health and claims of lack of impartiality, displayed by international courts.
A judge at The Hague has made a decision last month that Cabura must be tried in Arusha, Tanzania, under the United Nations mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunal.
This Tribunal has base in The Hague, but he also has an office in Arusha.
After the decision taken by the court in Paris, Kabugas' lawyers have said they will appeal the decision to the next level to counter extradition.
Kabug has been on the run for more than 20 years, until the French police found him a month ago, in Paris, with a false name.
