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Court Orders Probe into Death of 90-Year-Old Kabuga

5/16/2026

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The court ordered a full inquiry into Felicien Kabuga’s death.
Felicien Kabuga, 90, died in a hospital while detained at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague.
He was arrested in Paris in 2020 after evading capture with false passports.
Authorities offered a $5 million reward in 2002, funded a Kenyan media campaign, and charged him with financing genocide, supporting RTLM and supplying machetes to Hutu militias.

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Story summary

The court ordered a full inquiry into Felicien Kabuga’s death.
Felicien Kabuga, 90, died in a hospital while detained at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague.
He was arrested in Paris in 2020 after evading capture with false passports.
Authorities offered a $5 million reward in 2002, funded a Kenyan media campaign, and charged him with financing genocide, supporting RTLM and supplying machetes to Hutu militias.