Netherlands: Proceedings against Rwanda genocide suspect on hold

Judges at a UN court in The Hague have put proceedings against Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga on hold in order to assess whether he is in good-enough health to be tried.

Last September when the case opened, prosecutors accused him of using his radio station to urge ethnic Hutus to kill rival Tutsis.

He was also accused of supplying death squads with machetes.

He denies all the accusations.

Earlier this week Mr Kabuga’s defence team called for the 90-year- old’s trial to be halted, citing dementia.

He was arrested in Paris almost three years ago after spending decades on the run.

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