A man accused of being a war criminal involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide is to be deported, after losing his appeal at the Federal Court of Canada.
The court ruled that 59-year-old Jean Berchmans Habinshuti's fears of persecution by the current Rwandan government were “speculative at best”, noting that he was employed by the Rwandan government from 1992 to 1999, before serving as a Member of Parliament from 1999 until 2003.
Canada's Immigration Minister had submitted that Habinshuti was a “prescribed senior official” in the Rwandan government and could “exert significant influence on the exercise of government power”.
He was ultimately deemed inadmissible due to his role over the 1994 genocide, that saw over 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis, killed.
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The court ruled that 59-year-old Jean Berchmans Habinshuti's fears of persecution by the current Rwandan government were “speculative at best”, noting that he was employed by the Rwandan government from 1992 to 1999, before serving as a Member of Parliament from 1999 until 2003.
Canada's Immigration Minister had submitted that Habinshuti was a “prescribed senior official” in the Rwandan government and could “exert significant influence on the exercise of government power”.
He was ultimately deemed inadmissible due to his role over the 1994 genocide, that saw over 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis, killed.
Read more from The Star here.