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Foreign governments want to question genocide suspect

[Benin] Benin's president Mathieu Kerekou has said he will retire in 2006. Gouvernment du Benin
President Mathieu Kerekou has said he will stand down at the end of his term
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    Meanwhile, the defence counsel for former Rwandan health minister Casimir Bizimungu on Monday asked the ICTR to review his client's prison conditions, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported. Lawyer Loomu Ojare claimed Bizimungu's fundamental rights were not being respected. He was held in solitary confinement, and prevented from mixing with other detainees or practising his religion, Ojare said. The UK, Swedish and New Zealand governments have requested permission to interrogate Bizimungu in connection with the abduction of three tourists in eastern DRC last year. He is believed to be a leader of the extremist Rwandan Hutu group, PALIR, which has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings.

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