TOULOUSE, France (AFP)--A French court of appeal has ruled against the extradition of a senior Rwandan ex-army officer accused by Kigali of taking part in the 1994 genocide, officials said Tuesday.
In the Oct. 23 ruling, the Toulouse court of appeal ruled against the Rwandan request to extradite Marcel Bivugabagabo, who was in charge of military operation in Rwanda's northern Ruhengeri sector from April to July 1994.
Bivugabagabo was arrested in January in the southwestern French city, where he has been living openly, on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by Kigali.
France has extradited three genocide suspects to the Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since 2000 but has yet to hand over any suspect wanted for trial to Rwanda.
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