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RWANDA: Genocide suspect dies
NAIROBI, 24 January 2003 (IRIN) - Bishop Samuel Musabyimana, a genocide suspect who was awaiting trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, died on Friday.
The tribunal announced that Musabyimana died at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi "after a long illness". He is a former Anglican bishop of the diocese of Shyogwe in Rwanda. He becomes the first accused person to die in ICTR detention.
Musabyimana, 47, was arrested in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on 26 April 2001. He appeared before the UN court on 2 May 2001 and pleaded not guilty to four counts, including genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity.
The ICTR said Musabyimana's close family members were with him during his illness.
The UN Security Council established the ICTR in 1995 to try the alleged perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which claimed some 800,000 lives. Since its inception, the court has handed down nine judgments - eight convictions and an acquittal.
Themes: (IRIN) Human Rights
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