One of the most wanted fugitives in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, Felicien Kabuga, appeared before a French court Wednesday (May 20), days after his arrest but a decision on his fate was delayed until next week.
Kabuga, 84, was arrested outside Paris on Saturday after 25 years on the run.
The Paris court quickly decided to delay until next week the hearing on whether to hand him to the U.N.’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals based at The Hague in the Netherlands.
The U.N.’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda indicted Kabuga in 1997 on charges related to conspiracy to commit genocide, persecution and extermination.
Defense lawyer Laurent Bayon said Kabuga wished to be tried in France, citing health reasons.
