Lt. Gen Karenzi Karake has returned to Rwanda two months after the UK police arrested him based upon a 2008 European Arrest Warrant sparked off by an indictment issued by a Spanish judge in the same year.
Gen. Karenzi Karake arrived in Kigali on Thursday after the UK court threw out the extradition case brought against him.
Gen. Karake receives a warmly welcome at his arrival at Kigali International Airport
The General was arrested by the Metropolitan Police at London Heathrow Airport on 20th June as he attempted to return home to Rwanda following his latest official visit to the UK.
Rwanda regards the discredited arrest warrant as just a tactic in a political campaign by those who deny the genocide of 1994, and is convinced that these proceedings amounted to an abuse of process brought in violation of the diplomatic immunity held by Lt. Gen. Karake.
The Government of Rwanda firmly maintains that there is no case against any of the 40 leaders.
In a recent statement the Government said “We are delighted that today the General is finally free to return to his family, friends and countrymen in Rwanda and to resume his important duties.”
Photos: Tukamwibonera Leonard
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