Rwandan Genocide suspect took his case to the European Court of Human Rights

{A Rwandan Genocide suspect exposed to the extradition from Denmark to his native country on Thursday took his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). }

The Danish Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed a decision to extradite Emmanuel Mbarushimana, whom Kigali suspects of involvement in the 1994 genocide.

Mbarushimana was a primary school inspector in southern Rwanda during the genocide. His lawyer, Bjoern Elmqvist, said he had gone to the ECHR because he would not get a fair trial in Rwanda and “he fears the courts there are not independent”

The Suspect has exhausted all ways of appeal in Denmark and it will now be the Danish Ministry of Justice to organize with the Government of Rwanda on when Mr. Emmanuel MBARUSHIMANA should be extradited to face trial in Rwanda.

On behalf of the Government of Rwanda, the National Public Prosecution Authority thanked the Kingdom of Denmark for the significant vote of confidence it has given to the Rwandan justice system