{{Suspects including; Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka and former Gikongoro Prefect Laurent Bucyibaruta are expected to be tried for genocide crimes at a Paris court in France.}}
There has been a long delay in trying the fugitives and or extraditing them to Rwanda to be tried by they Rwandan justice system.
Sources in France say investigations are being conducted on Munyeshyaka to gather enough evidence. The investigations are expected to conclude in 2014 before the trial of two suspects could start at the begining of 2015.
On 20 February 2008, the French authorities agreed to try Wenceslas Munyeshkaya and Bucyibaruta in France.
On 21 June 2007, the ICTR issued arrest warrants against Wenceslas Munyeshyakaand against the former préfet of Gikongoro Laurent Bucyibaruta, who was also exiled in France. Their indictments had been kept under seal since 2005.
In June 2007, as part of the Tribunal’s completion strategy, the ICTR-Prosecutor filed requests to transfer the cases of Munyeshyaka and Bucyibaruta to the French authorities.
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