January 28, 2019
Malawi government has extradited convicted businessperson and Rwandan fugitive Vincent Murekezi to his native land. The Rwandan is wanted to serve jail sentence for the role he played in the bloody 1994 genocide for which he was tried in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment. He fled to Malawi in 2003. An application to have […]
March 5, 2018
High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed an appeal by Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi of his conviction of corruption case and effectively ordered him to serve four years imprisonment effective February 2017. Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate’s Court found him guilty of corruption last March for evading K2.2 million duty with his company, Sofamu Limited in 2007 […]
January 10, 2018
The State prosecutors have said they are going to Malawi Supreme Court to appeal the decision by High Court in Lilongwe to dismiss its application to discharge the defence’s request for a judicial review in a case involving convicted Rwandan fugitive Vincent Murekezi. Murekezi is wanted in his country on suspicion that he took part […]
September 21, 2017
The High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed the application by the State to discharge request by Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi for a judicial review over extradition bid. The defence lawyers Wapona Kita and Gift Katundu applied for a judicial review at the High Court Lilongwe registry, thereby prohibiting further hearing of the case at the […]
June 26, 2017
The Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi wants Constitutional Court in Malawi to determine his . extradition case, citing use of the bilateral treaty between Malawi and Rwanda which was signed in February and irregularities in the manner the State presented the case in court. Rwanda was not a designated country for extradition but on 21 […]
May 8, 2017
Attorney General Kelekeni Kaphale has lodged with the High Court in Lilongwe a motion to vacate an injunction Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi obtained to block his extradition. Lawyer for Murekezi, Wapona Kita obtained a stay of the proceedings and also applied for a judicial review at the High Court Lilongwe registry, thereby prohibiting further hearing […]
April 8, 2017
The government of Malawi has said that Rwandese Prosecution Agencies have confirmed their participation and attendance at the extradition hearing of Rwandan fugitive and genocide convict Vincent Murekezi which is making a comeback in Malawian court after it was initially dismissed. The case is making a comeback in the Malawian courts as Rwanda and the […]
April 4, 2017
Lawyer representing genocide convict Vincent Murekezi in the extradition case has faulted two Malawi Ministers in their involvement in the matter as he successfully applied for a judicial review at the High Court in Lilongwe. The Principal Resident Magistrate’s Court dismissed the extradition case against Murekezi, citing inexistence – at that time – of the bilateral […]
March 22, 2017
A rights activist has warned the state that the courts might not entertain the newly signed extradition treaty between Malawi and Rwanda to extradite genocide convict Vincent Murekezi. Justin Dzonzi, who is executive director of Blantyre-base think tank Justice Link and chairs the State funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), made the comments after the […]
March 16, 2017
Rwanda genocide convict Vincent Murekezi is facing a fresh extradition bid following the signing of an Extradition Treaty between Rwanda and Malawi recently as the State has filed an application for his removal. The Principal Resident Magistrate’s Court last month dismissed the extradition case against Murekezi, citing inexistence of the bilateral treaty between Malawi and Rwanda and […]
March 6, 2017
Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi has been jailed for five years on Monday after being he was convicted of corruption by the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court almost nine years after he was tried in absentia. Murekezi’s co-accused Komani Nyasulu was already convicted and served his sentence. The court heard that Murekezi was convicted of the offence of […]
February 28, 2017
The Malawi Police are keeping in custody a Rwandan national 42-year old Donald Dawayezi on allegations that he swindled Malawian farmers produce worth millions of kwacha before fleeing to Zimbabwe. He was arrested by Zimbabwean Immigration Authorities and was deported to Malawi because he holds a Malawian passport, Nyasa Times can reveal. The arrest comes […]
February 24, 2017
The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), has welcomed government of Malawi and Rwanda has finally signed the long awaited Extradition Treaty which will pave way for the extradition of suspected Rwandan genocide convict Vincent Murekezi who sought refuge in Malawi since 2003. Recently, the Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate Court dismissed the extradition case against Murekezi. Principal […]
February 14, 2017
The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has dismissed a case of alleged Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi and the Rwandan businessman will remain in Malawi. Magistrate Patrick Chirwa has dismissed the case on the grounds that Rwanda is not one of the designated countries that are mentioned in the Extradiction act of Malawi laws. This […]
January 31, 2017
Rwanda top prosector Fautin Nkusi has said they will comply with the request from their Malawi counterparts to send witnesses to testify on the documentary eveidence it sent in the on-going extradiction case of genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi. Nkusi said the evidence it sent to Malawi directorate of prosecuton was “authentic” and that they are […]
January 26, 2017
Rwandan genocide convict Vincent Murekezi deportation case failed to take place on Wednesday at Lilongwe magistrates court because the police and vehicles were sent where President Peter Mutharika launched the tree planting season event. The magistrate Patrick Chirwa has since postponed the hearing to Friday. A police officer told Nyasa Times that the police did […]
January 18, 2017
Lilongwe Principal Magistrate Court has given the State five days to produce an authorised consent from the Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security to give a permission of process to the court to proceed hearing the extraction application of Rwandan genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi after rejecting an application by his lawyer Wapona Kita to […]
January 5, 2017
The State has served Lilongwe Principal Magistrate documents it has received from Rwandan government on Vincent Murekezi, a Rwandan who is claimed to be genocide suspect in Malawi custody amid an on-going court battle for his extradition. According to senior State advocate Steven Kayuni, the evidence will aid the State’s case in court asfailure to […]