Accused Rwandan man fights deportation

The lawyer for a Rwandan man facing deportation has made a final legal plea to keep him in Canada. According to CBC, Léon Mugesera is facing deportation to Rwanda to face charges of inciting genocide.

His sixteen-year legal battle was brought all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2005. The Court upheld the decision to deport him.

Mugesera’s lawyer claims that his client’s life would be in danger if sent back to his native country.

The Rwandan academic is accused of helping incite the Rwandan genocide with his 1992 speech promoting the killing of ethnic Tutsis. He fled to Quebec after an arrest warrant was issued and obtained permanent residency status, later revoked.

Mugesera’s deportation is scheduled for Thursday.