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ECHR: Ahorugeze: Court Gives Green Light to an Extradition to Rwanda

By Editor | Published: November 9, 2011
2011-10-27, Strasbourg, France. The European Court of Human Rights held that an extradition of Sylvere Ahorugeze, a Rwandan national of Hutu ethnicity,  to Rwanda to face genocide charges will neither violate the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, nor his right to a fair trial.   The Chamber found that: there was no evidence [...]
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France: Paris Court Refuses Extradition of Ms. Habyarimana to Rwanda

By Editor | Published: September 29, 2011
2011-09-28, Paris, France. The Paris Appeals Court refused to extradite Agathe Habyarimana, widow of the former Rwandan president, to Rwanda to face genocide and crimes against humanity charges arising from the 1994 Rwandan genocide.  Rwandan government alleged that Ms. Habyarimana, 69, was a member of a group that planned the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Martin Ngoga, the Prosecutor General [...]
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Croatia: Kos: Suspected Participant of the Srebrenica Genocide Arrested

By Editor | Published: April 21, 2010
2010-04-20, Zagreb, Croatia. Croatian police arrested Franc Kos, a.k.a Branimir Miric, on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by Bosnia. Mr. Kos is accused of participating in the Srebrenica genocide, as a member of the Bosnian Serb Army 10th commando detachment. He is a dual Slovenian and Bosnian citizen. Mr. Kos is also accused [...]
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Spain: Batko to be Extradited … Somewhere

By Editor | Published: April 13, 2010
2010-04-09, Madrid, Spain. The Spanish government made a decision to extradite Veselin Vlahovic aka Batko. He is facing war crimes charges in BiH, for murders committed in Sarajevo’s Grbavici neighbourhood; Serbia, where he was convicted of a murder in 2001, and Montenegro, where he was convicted for a violent crime and later escaped from detention. The government, [...]
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Spain: Batko Admits to Crimes in Grbavica

By Editor | Published: March 5, 2010
2010-03-04, Altea, Spain. According to El Pais, Batko admitted to war crimes committed in Grbavica. Serbian Ministry of Justice announced that it will be requesting extradition of Batko to serve the sentence rendered by the Novi Sad District Court for the killings committed in Serbia. Montenegro will also request his extradition to Montenegro to finish [...]
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France: Widow of the Rwanda’s Ex-President Arrested in Paris

By Editor | Published: March 5, 2010
2010-03-02, Paris, France. French police arrested Agathe Habyarimana on the basis of the international arrest warrant issued by Rwanda in November 2009. Ms. Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, is accused of genocide, complicity in genocide and criminal conspiracy to commit genocide and crime against humanity in the context of the [...]
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