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Rwandan genocide suspect deported from Canada
Jan 23, 2012, 23:03 GMT
Montreal - Former Rwandan politician and intellectual Leon Mugesera was deported Monday by Canada back to his native country Monday afternoon, where he faces charges of inciting genocide.
'Leon Mugesera is now airbound for Kigali!' tweeted Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo. 'Mugesera's deportation, while decades past due, is welcome news for a people committed to healing and justice. Canada did the right thing.'
Mugesera is wanted in his native Rwanda on war crime charges that he helped incite the 1994 genocide. He fought deportation for 16 years, arguing he would face persecution in Rwanda and would not receive a fair trial.
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