French High Court OKs Extradition of Rwanda Genocide Suspect

French High Court OKs Extradition of Rwanda Genocide Suspect
Victims' portraits displayed during an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda on April 29, 2018. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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PARIS—France’s highest court on Sept. 30 gave the green light for a Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga to be extradited to a special international court in Tanzania, rejecting his appeal.

Kabuga, one of the most-wanted fugitives in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, was arrested outside Paris in May after 25 years on the run. He is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity for equipping militias that killed more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them.