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A Paris court has approved the transfer of Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, arrested in France after decades on the run, to a UN body for trial. Accused of financing the 1994 genocide of some 800,000 people, Kabuga asked to be tried in France, and he can still appeal the decision to hand him over to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) for a trial in Arusha, Tanzania. Images of his lawyers arriving IMAGES
Relatives of the alleged financier of the genocide in Rwanda, Félicien Kabuga, arrive before his appearance before the Paris Court of Appeal. This hearing is to examine the validity of the arrest warrant issued by the Mechanism of the International Criminal Tribunals. IMAGES
The UK Supreme Court rejects a government plan to send migrants to Rwanda, upholding a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. SOUNDBITE
Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, appeared before a Cape Town court on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run. IMAGES
Arrested in South Africa, Fulgence Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, is set to appear in Cape Town Magistrate’s Court. Kayishema, a former police inspector, faces charges of genocide, complicity in and conspiracy to commit genocide, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the alleged murder of more than 2,000 Tutsis who had taken refuge in a Catholic church in Nyange, Rwanda. IMAGES
The Rwanda ex-official Laurent Bucyibaruta, over alleged role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide, arrives at the Paris court on the last day of his trial. IMAGES