Genocide suspect lawyer wants client to go to The Hague

The lawyer for Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga wants him to be tried in The Hague rather than a UN tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania.

His comments come a day after a top French court backed a decision to send him to East Africa.

Lawyer Emmanuel Altit told the BBC it could be a “violation of his rights” to transfer him to Arusha “considering the global pandemic, his health and age”.

Mr Kabuga is alleged to have funnelled money to militia groups as chairman of the national defence fund. In May, he described the accusations as "lies".

France's extradition law says that Mr Kabuga now needs to be transferred within a month.

Mr Altit said he will ask the court in Arusha to send the case to The Hague, Netherlands.