Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91
Felicien Kabuga, a Rwandan genocide suspect, died in custody at the age of 91 in The Hague. He had been declared unfit to stand trial due to dementia and was awaiting a resolution regarding his provisional release. An investigation into the circumstances of his death has been ordered by the UN court.
- ▪Kabuga was accused of encouraging and financing the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
- ▪He was arrested in 2020 and his trial began in 2022, nearly three decades after the genocide.
- ▪Kabuga's death has prompted an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding it.
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A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague, Netherlands, a UN court said on Saturday (May 16, 2026), three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial.Felicien Kabuga (91) was accused of encouraging and bankrolling the mass killing of Rwanda's Tutsi minority. His trial began in 2022, nearly three decades after the 100-day massacre that left 8,00,000 dead.In 2023, the judges declared him unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia and said they would establish a procedure to continue hearing evidence without the possibility of convicting him.On Saturday (May 16, 2026), the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals said in a statement that Kabuga died while hospitalised…
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