{The court hearing of Dr. Léon Mugesera was postponed yesterday, 21st January 2014 due to illness.
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The Director of the Central Prison of 1930 which is Mugesera’s home came to announce that the tenant is sick. Later, he told reporters that Dr. Léon Mugesera wrote to the direction of the Prison saying he is seriously ill, that management has made contact with the physician of King Faisal Hospital for medical consultation. It is said that his illness is related to psychological trauma. The recent appearance of the accused on Tuesday of last week had also been delayed by the fact that the fourth prosecution witness said the 28 PMC had not appeared on the pretext of illness.
Jean Félix Rudakemwa, the defense lawyer said his client is really sick.
Léon Mugesera (born 1952) is a Rwandan man and a former resident of Quebec, Canada. He was deported from Canada for an inflammatory anti-Tutsi speech which his critics allege was a precursor to the 1994 genocide against Tutsis.
An ethnic Hutu, Mugesera has been a member of the dominant Hutu MRND party, which had close ties to the military. He was MRND Vice-Chairman for Gisenyi prefecture.
In a speech given on November 22, 1992 in Rwanda, Mugesera allegedly told 1000 party members that “we the people are obliged to take responsibility ourselves and wipe out this scum” and that they should kill Tutsis and “dump their bodies into the rivers of Rwanda.” This statement does not exist in the official translation of the speech, as presented in a legal document before the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada on August 8, 2003.
Do not be afraid, know that anyone whose neck you do not cut is the one who will cut your neck—Léon Mugesera on 22 November 1992,
Following this speech, the Rwandan Minister of Justice, Stanislas Mbonampeka, issued an arrest warrant against him for inciting hatred. He fled with his family first to the Rwandan army and then to Quebec City in Quebec, Canada. Shortly afterwards, Mbonampeka resigned as Minister of Justice in protest.
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