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Tanzania explains why it returned fugitives

    NAIROBI

    The Interior Ministry of Tanzania has explained that it recently returned two Rwandan citizens - Bertain Murera, a member of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), and Benjamin Rutabana, a musician and demobilised RPA member - to the authorities in Kigali because the Rwandan police had asked for assistance, claiming the two were robbery suspects. The two had entered Tanzania illegally after allegedly killing a businessman in Kigali and robbing him of US $30,000, Radio Tanzania reported. The government statement made it clear that while Tanzania would continue to respect the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers, it would not be a safe haven for fugitives from justice, the radio added. Amnesty International has expressed concern for the fate of Murera and Rutabana, who were allegedly involved in helping the former Rwandan parliamentary speaker, Joseph Sebarenzi to flee to Uganda.

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