President Orders Genocide Suspects Freed
From Times Wire Reports
Rwandan President Paul Kagame issued a decree releasing up to 40,000 inmates, including thousands of genocide suspects.
The move has enraged survivors of the bloodshed, which claimed the lives of more than 800,000 people in 1994.
The decree, which does not cover the leaders of the genocide, is meant to reduce the number of prisoners in jail.
Minister of Justice Jean de Dieu Mucyo said release of the inmates, including many elderly people and youths, would not halt criminal proceedings against them.
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