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Jun
08
2023
By STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG and CHARLOTTE VAN CAMPENHOUT
Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial

Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial

NEWS
JUDGES at a U.N. war crimes court ruled that elderly Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial but said slimmed-down legal proceedings in his case can continue, in a decision published. The former businessman and radio station owner was one of the last suspects sought by the tribunal prosecuting crimes committed in the 1994 genocide when ruling Hutu majority extremists killed more than 800,000 minority Tutsis and Hutu moderates in 100 days. Kabuga is in his late 80s, though his precise date of birth is disputed. He was arrested in France in 2020 after more than 20…
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Nov
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga pleads not guilty at U.N. court

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga pleads not guilty at U.N. court

NEWS
A United Nations court has registered a plea of "not guilty" for Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga at his lawyer's request after he remained silent during his initial appearance. Kabuga, 85, appeared frail and did not respond to questions from judges. He was arrested in France in May after decades on the run and transferred to a United Nations detention centre in The Hague on October 26. "We have talked about this with Mr Kabuga before the hearing and he does not wish to answer in these conditions. I would appreciate it if you would consider his non-response as a…
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Oct
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Rwanda genocide survivors want speedy trial for Kabuga, but court faces delays

Rwanda genocide survivors want speedy trial for Kabuga, but court faces delays

NEWS
CLEMENT UWIRIGIYAMANA A special U.N. tribunal in Tanzania should quickly try elderly tycoon Felicien Kabuga on charges of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide, survivors said on Thursday, after France's top civil court ruled he could be handed over for prosecution. "The case of Kabuga should be speedy," Naphtal Ahishakiye, the executive secretary of genocide survivor organization Ibuka told Reuters by phone. He lost his parents and three brothers in the genocide. "He is elderly, I think a quick trial would enable the victims to get justice." But the tribunal in Tanzania's northern town of Arusha faces both legal challenges and…
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Oct
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga can be sent to U.N. court

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga can be sent to U.N. court

NEWS
TANGI SALAUN RWANDAN genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga can be handed over to a United Nations tribunal in Tanzania, France's top civil court has ruled, dismissing his lawyers' arguments that he is too frail to be extradited. U.N. prosecutors accuse the former tea and coffee tycoon of bankrolling and importing huge numbers of machetes for ethnic Hutu militias who killed hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda during a 100-day period in 1994. Kabuga's arrest in Paris in May ended a manhunt lasting more than two decades. He has denounced the charges, including genocide and incitement to commit…
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