U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Fugitive’s Appeal from Extradition to International War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda

On January 24, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from fugitive Elizaphan Ntakirutimana and moved the case to a final appeal to the U.S. Department of State Mr. Ntakirutimana, 78, is a former president of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Rwanda who allegedly led a Hutu mob in slaughtering hundreds of Tutsi civilians. If extradited, he would be the first time the U.S. has extradited an individual to an international tribunal…[more]