Agathe Habyarimana attacks France over Refusal of residence

{Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president, accused of being involved in 1994 genocide against Tutsis, has gone to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on charges that France refused to grant her a residence permit}

This was revealed by her lawyer Philippe Meilhac who also said that France had violated the rights of his clients as well as violated the European Convention on Human Rights.

Mrs Habyarimana was evacuated from Rwanda in the early days of the genocide by French soldiers to France, where she settled permanently in 1998 .After unsuccessfully sought of political asylum in France, she asked in 2009 a residence permit, a query that resulted in several contradictory rulings.

Finally, the State Council approved in June 2013 the refusal to give her a residence. The reason behind that refusal was that Mrs Habyarimana was a “threat to public order.