Rwanda: French Judges Lift Arrest Warrants Against Rwandan Military Officials

Nairobi — International arrest warrants against nine Rwandan military and government officials that a French judge issued in 2006 have been dropped.

This follows revelations by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks that judge Jean Louis Bruguiere's actions were politically motivated when he indicted the officials on charges that they were responsible for downing former president Juvenal Habyarimana's plane.

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