Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in France

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Source: bbc

A Rwandan doctor wanted on charges of genocide and war crimes has been arrested in France, police say.

Sosthene Munyemana, 45, who had been working in a hospital in Bordeaux for eight years, denies the charges.

His arrest on an extradition warrant from Rwanda comes weeks after France and Rwanda restored diplomatic ties.

France had rejected an asylum bid by him in 2008, saying there were "serious reasons" to suspect his involvement in war crimes in 1994, AFP reported.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8471667.stm

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good news.

[pampango]

1. Good news, but why not earlier?

"His arrest on an extradition warrant from Rwanda comes weeks after France and Rwanda restored diplomatic ties.

France had rejected an asylum bid by him in 2008, saying there were "serious reasons" to suspect his involvement in war crimes in 1994, AFP reported.

He had been on the Interpol list of wanted men for a few years.

Those suspected of being most responsible for the killings are being tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) based in Arusha, Tanzania."

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Glad he was arrested now, but I wonder why they couldn't have arrested him earlier, even without a warrant from Rwanda, and turned him over to the ICTR. If he applied for asylum in 2008, French authorities must have known where he was.

[classysassy]

2. Something to ponder

the doctor was captured,but an ex president can wander around without fear of paying for his war crimes.