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Germany to extradite arrested Rwanda presidential aide to France

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] German prosecutors announced Monday that they will extradite an aide to Rwandan President Paul Kagame to France on Wednesday in connection with the 1994 assassination of then-Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarima that led to the Rwanda genocide. Rose Kabuye, an official in the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), was arrested last week under a European warrant issued by French Judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere in 2006. German officials said that because Kabuye entered the country on personal business, she was not protected by her diplomatic status that had previously prevented her arrest. Kagame responded Monday that Kabuye's arrest and extradition is in effect putting Rwanda itself on trial and that French officials issued the warrant for political reasons. AP has more. From Rwanda, the New Times has local coverage. In October, German authorities transferred Augustin Ngirabatware, a former Rwandan minister suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, from a facility in Frankfurt to a UN detention facility in Arusha, Tanzania, where he faces trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In July, German border police arrested Rwandan war crimes suspect Callixte Mbarushiman as he was preparing to travel to Russia.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).