Rwanda: Bishop's Arrest Illegal, Claims Kenyan Counsel

Arusha — The lawyer for former Rwandan bishop Samuel Musabyimana claims that his client's arrest in Kenya and transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) were illegal, reports the independent news agency Hirondelle. Following his complaint, the Nairobi High Court has given the Kenyan government until Monday, April 30th, to either produce the Bishop or explain his whereabouts.

Musabyimana was Anglican Bishop of the Shyogwe diocese in Gitarama prefecture, central Rwanda, during the 1994 genocide. He was arrested in Nairobi last Thursday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, and transferred the same day to the ICTR detention facility in Arusha, Tanzania. But Musabyimana's Kenyan lawyer Ojwang Agina says that police who arrested his client failed to produce any identification, any arrest warrant or transfer order.

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