Deportation looms for man linked to Rwandan genocide

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A man accused of playing a role in the Rwandan genocide could be deported next week unless he convinces Canadian officials he won’t receive a fair trial at home.

Leon Mugesera has lived in Quebec since 1993 and was granted permanent resident status.

However, in 1995 the Canadian government learned of allegations that Mugesera gave a speech three years earlier at a political meeting in Rwanda, inciting party militants to kill Tutsis. According to court documents, killings took place the next day.

Mugesera's name appears on a list prepared by the American State Department of those implicated in the genocide in Rwanda.

full: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/06/war-crimes-deportation-rwanda.html