weekend deported to Kigali two
Rwandan refugees for suspected
involvement in the 1994 genocide,
their lawyer told AFP on Monday. "We don't know what they have
done, but one of our clients was told
that he was involved in genocide and
wanted back home," said lawyer
Dickson Jere. The two are Egibe Rwasibo, who
works as a medical officer at the
University Teaching Hospital in
Lusaka, and businessman Innocent
Habumugisha who operates shops in
the capital city. Jere said he was making efforts to
challenge the deportation in court
while the duo were still at Kigali
airport. "They are currently stranded at the
airport in Kigali," he said. Also Read: I’m ready to cede power if I lose, says Zambia's
Lungu Some Rwandan nationals resident in
Lusaka claimed the two were
handcuffed and blindfolded before
being taken to Kenneth Kaunda
international airport. Zambia's Immigration Department
spokesperson Namati Nshinka
confirmed the expulsion but denied it
was linked to the genocide. "Yes, it is true that the two were
deported yesterday [Sunday]. The
reason is that their continued stay
here was a danger to good order
and peace. It's nothing to do with
genocide," he said. Rwanda's 1994 genocide saw
around 800 000 people - mostly
members of the minority Tutsi
community - slaughtered in a 100-
day orgy of violence, largely by
ethnic Hutus. A source told AFP that the two have
been living in Zambia since 1997. -
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