Habyarimana case: French justice confirms the dismissal
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The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed, on Friday, the dismissal pronounced at the end of 2018 for seven Rwandans, close to Paul Kagame, indicted in the investigation into the attack on the plane of President Habyarimana, considered to be trigger of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. An important judicial step in this procedure of more than 20 years.
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Read moreThe court has not set out its reasons at this stage. The defense says it is relieved, even if this decision does not definitively close the file. The civil parties have already announced an appeal in cassation.
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