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He is one of the main defendants of the Rwandan genocide. Sweden extradited, yesterday Wednesday, Jean-Paul Micomyiza alias Mico, to Rwanda, where he will have to answer for his role in the 1994 genocide once morest the Tutsis. The National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) welcomed this extradition of Micomyiza, 49, and a former student at the National University of Rwanda during the genocide. “The National Public Prosecution Authority commends the judicial authorities of Sweden for the extradition of the genocide fugitive, the continued cooperation and mutual legal assistance, and the contribution to the global effort to fight impunity” , writes the NPPA in a statement of which APA obtained a copy. In early April 2022, Sweden gave the green light to Micomyiza’s extradition to his country, where he is accused of having participated in the genocide once morest the Tutsi. This decision was taken three months following a Swedish court ruled on December 21, 2021 that there was no reason why the Rwandan arrested in the Nordic country in 2020 should not be extradited to Kigali, where he is wanted for crimes he allegedly committed during the 1994 genocide in the commune of Butare, now the district of Huye. The spokesperson for the Rwandan prosecutor, Faustin Nkusi, said the extradition process was going through the courts. “So first of all, we drafted an extradition request and submitted it to the Kingdom of Sweden in 2020. So they started the process of evaluating and reviewing our request, with regard to the charges. allegedly committed by Micomyiza,” said Mr. Nkusi. A number of countries have been reluctant to extradite people to Rwanda, fearing that they will not receive a fair trial or adequate protection there. This position is shared by most human rights groups.

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