The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has sought Ireland's assistance in tracking down suspects who remain on the run in Europe and Africa and who are wanted in relation to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
At least 10 "most-wanted" genocide suspects are on the tribunal's list, including Felicien Kabuga, said to have been the main financier of the April-June 1994 killings, estimated by the Rwandan government to have claimed 937,000 lives. ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Jallow made the appeal on Tuesday in the northern Tanzania town of Arusha, the tribunal's headquarters, during a tour of the UN court by visiting Irish President Mary McAleese. The Irish leader promised to look into the request. [Full story: here ]
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