The defence team in an appeal case against the conviction of a Rwandan pastor on genocide charges has reiterated to a Helsinki court their belief that witness statements were obtained through torture. Read the full story

A Finnish court has sentenced an African preacher to life in jail for his part in Rwanda’s genocide. Francois Bazaramba, 59, has been living in Finland since 2003, but charges were brought against him as the Nordic country allows prosecutions for crimes against humanity regardless of where they were committed. Read the full story

Francois Bazaramba, the 58-year old ex-pastor from Rwanda who played a role in the 1994 Hutu-led massacres, will go on trial this week in a Finnish court. Read the full story

In a first of its kind, Sweden is set to extradite a Rwandan man who has been accused of active participation in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Sylvere Ahorugeze, a 53-year-old former director of Rwanda‘s civil aviation authority, is to be returned to Rwanda in the coming weeks after the Swedish government decided to grant Rwandan prosecutors their request for extradition. Read the full story

A Rwandan Baptist preacher accused of genocide during the country’s brutal 1994 civil war will not be extradited from Finland because it is feared he will not receive a fair trial in Rwanda. The man, whose name is said to be Francois Bazaramba by the Rwandan government, stands accused of overseeing the murder of 5,000 Tutsis in Nyakizu. Read the full story

According to reports in Aftenposten, a man who is wanted in conjunction with the Rwandan genocide may be in hiding in Oslo. Felicien Kabuga, is accused of helping to finance the genocide in Rwanda and has been on the run for the last 14 years.

The wealthy businessman is rumoured to want to turn himself in and cease his life on the run. According to some reports, he drove over the border into Norway from Sweden and has been staying in a flat in Oslo for the past two months.

Sammy Kipterer Korir, the editor of the African Press International (API), a newspaper based in Norway, says he was invited into a hotel room in Oslo to interview Kabuga.

The API report indicates the now aging Kabuga wants to return to his native land before he is too old to do so. Kabuga is now 72 years old. Rwandan officials have refused to negotiate with the man and some reports indicate he may try to seek asylum in Norway.

A warrant for Kabua’s arrest was issued by a United Nations tribunal in 1999.

Some officials at the tribunal and other diplomats believe this latest report of Kabuga’s location is a hoax.