Kabuga wins appeal to be tried in Europe

An international court has agreed that a prominent Rwandan genocide suspect be moved to the Netherlands for the next stage of the legal process against him.

Lawyers for Félicien Kabuga, who is 85, had argued that sending him to the UN tribunal in Tanzania posed too great a risk to his health.

Mr Kabuga was detained by French police near Paris in May, 26 years after the genocide in Rwanda.

Prosecutors say he funded and incited the Hutu militia who killed an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

He has dismissed the allegations as lies.

This article was originally published by BBC News. [Photo: AFP]