Despite all the legal battle staged by Leon Mugesera and his lawyers aimed at halting his deportation,Rwanda’s government is confident he will be deported.
The confidence has been expressed by Tharcisse Karugarama the Minister of Justice and attorney General of the government saying that Mugesera has explored all avenues of his resistance to be deported.
According to the Minister, Mugesera lost legal battle and what remains is his deportation without fail.
Karugarama was speaking at a press conference Tuesday where he was flanked by the Assistant Attorneys General, Pierre Kayitare and Isabelle Kalihangabo.
“Rwanda’s judicial system has developed a lot since 2000, Mugesera will not face torture in Rwanda as he alleges,” Karugarama said.
“Mugesera will by all means face deportation, he has exploited every available avenue to fight deportation but lost it,” He added.
Karugarama also reacted on the recent ICTR’s decision to reverse and reduce Theoneste Bagosora’s sentence from Life imprisonment to 35 years.
He said the verdict was like negating and denying the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.
“The decision of the Appeals Chamber on Bagosora will live to haunt that tribunal, forever, and the individual who made that decision. It was the most disastrous decision any international tribunal could ever make,” Karugarama said.
Karugarama however, noted that the transfer of Jean Uwinkindi’s case to be tried in Rwanda, was a positive development.
Commenting on the report of who shot down the plane in 1994 that was carrying former Rwandan President Juvenale Habyarimana, Minister Karugarama welcomed the report by French judges, Marc Trévidic and Nathalie Poux.
The minister said it marked the end of an era of 17 years of lies.
He said that the four-year investigation had exposed the country’s detractors who have been distorting and misrepresenting facts.
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