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Alleged Financier of Rwanda's 1994 Genocide Moved to the Hague to Await Trial

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   The Rwandanbusinessmansuspected of financing the country's 1994
   genocide has been transferred totheHague to await trial.

   TheUnited Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal
   Tribunalssaidin a statement Monday that 87-year-oldFelicienKabugawould
   soon go before a judge.

   Kabugawas movedto the HagueMonday from France, whereheevaded arrest for
   morethan 22years before his capturenear Parisin May.

   Kabuga's attorneys sought to have him tried in France, but last month
   the country's top court approved his transfer totheHague.

   Kabuga faces multiples charges, including complicity in genocide,
   direct and public incitement to commit genocideandcrimes against
   humanity.

   KabugaallegedlybankrolledHutu militia groupsand theRadio
   televisionLibredes MilleCollines broadcasts thatencouragedthe killings.

   The U.N.court has already identified the judges who will hear Kabuga's
   case.

   So far, no trial date has been set, but a spokesman for the U.N.court
   said itis likely Kabuga's trial will begin in 2021.

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