Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Rwanda - The Rwandan Callixte Mbarushimana transferred to the ICC

The Rwandan Hutu Callixte Mbarushimana was transferred Tuesday, January 25 transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, which is investigating alleged war crimes in 2009 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said the prosecutor's office in Paris. The Supreme Court had recently rejected two appeals filed against the decision by Mr.

Mbarushimana, 47, who lives in France since 2002 and who opposed his continued detention and to surrender to the ICC. The Executive Secretary of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR), who was traveling aboard an airliner, landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, from Roissy airport, around 14 h 20 .

Mr. Mbarushimana should participate in an initial hearing at which the judges of the ICC will notify the warrant which he is subject. It will then be imprisoned in the detention center in Scheveningen, a suburb of The Hague. The ICC, which was issued against him a sealed arrest warrant, on suspicion of five counts of crimes against humanity and six counts of war crimes, including murder, rape and torture committed in 2009 in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during military operations launched against the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) by the Congolese and Rwandan armies.

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