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French-extradited genocide suspect appears at ICTR

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    Former Minister of Culture and Higher Education Jean De Dieu Kamuhanda, transferred from France to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday, appeared in court in Arusha for the first time on Friday on genocide charges. Russian judge Yakov Ostrovsky deferred Kamuhanda’s plea hearing, noting that the accused had not had adequate time to consult with his lawyer about the charges against him. Kamuhanda is the first of two suspects arrested in France to be transferred; the other, Major Francois Xavier Nzuwonemeye, is currently appealing against his planned extradition. Kamuhanda is alleged to have organised and taken an active role in the massacre of Tutsis in Gikomero Commune, Kigali, during the 1994 genocide.

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