Morning Star.png Rwanda: Kigali Slams London Arrest of General James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 24 June 2015 Rwanda's government reacted angrily yesterday to a British embassy announcement that a senior general had been arrested in London. The embassy in Kigali said that Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, who is the head of Rwanda's national intelligence and security service, had been detained on Saturday following an extradition request from Spain. Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said on Twitter: "Western solidarity in demeaning Africans is unacceptable," adding that the arrest was "an outrage." Gen Karake's arrest is based on charges filed in 2008 by Spanish judge Fernando Andreu Merelles, who accuses 40 military and political leaders of the Rwanda Patriotic Front of engaging in reprisal killings and massacres following the 1994 civil war. Mr Merelles indicted the officials for genocide, crimes against humanity and terrorism leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians, including eight Spaniards who were in Rwanda for humanitarian work. Justice Minister Johnston Busingye said Rwanda and Britain "are talking to resolve the matter," but he insisted that Spain's indictment of Gen Karake was illegitimate and politically motivated. Accusations of political bias in international war crimes prosecutions were also made last week after the International Criminal Court (ICC) attempted to have Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir arrested during an African Union summit in South Africa. On Saturday, the African National Congress executive accused the ICC of being influenced by powerful non-member states, a possible reference to the US, to "persecute African leaders and effect regime change on the continent." From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-4188-Rwanda-Kigali-slams-London-arrest- of-general#.VYou8vmqqko -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
