Rwandan Genocide Suspect Kabuga to be Extradited to The Hague
A UN judge on
Wednesday ruled that Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga, who has been in
a French jail since May, should be sent to a detention unit in The Hague ahead
of his trial.
“I hereby amend the arrest warrant and order
of transfer,” Judge Iain Bonomy said from Arusha, Tanzania. “I consider that
there are exceptional circumstances and that it would be in the interests of
justice [to send Kabuga to The Hague].”
The decision means that Kabuga, 84, is likely spend at least several
months in The Hague and
be brought before an international judge there
for an initial appearance in his war crimes case, rather than in Tanzania as
originally planned.
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