01.07.11 - ICTR/ZIMBABWE - TALKS BETWEEN ICTR AND ZIMBAWE ON FUGITIVES

1 July 2011 By

Arusha, July 1, 2011 (HF) - Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Adama Dieng met with the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai in Barcelona, Spain to discuss issues related to fugitives who may be hiding in that Southern Africa country.

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‘'The discussion mainly focused on the cooperation between Zimbabwe and the ICTR in relation to the arrest and transfer of fugitives,'' the ICTR latest newsletter reports. The two officials met on the edges of the third World Justice Forum that was held in Spain between June 20 and 23.

Zimbabwe is believed to be a hideout for Protais Mpiranya, former Commander of the Presidential Guard.

Others main fugitives on the run are Augustin Bizimana, former Rwandan minister of Defence and Felicien Kabuga, a former Rwandan business man who was allegedly financier of the 1994 genocide. ICTR sources allege that Kabuga is carrying out his commercial activities in Kenya whereas Bizimana may be hiding in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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