Now that the Swedish judiciary has done its job…

The Swedish judiciary yesterday made a landmark ruling giving a green light for the extradition to Rwanda of Sylvere Ahorugeze, one of the scores of the 1994 Genocide masterminds to stand trial in Rwanda. The ruling contradicts another one delivered by neighbouring Denmark on the same fugitive, which had, instead of extraditing or at least letting him stand trial, released him, going further to award damages. Despite the fact that it is yet a done deal, owing to the fact that Rwanda does not have an extradition treaty, Ahorugeze’s extradition would require a political blessing. However, this is commendable so far because, it is progressive and a far cry to what has been observed in other European judiciaries, which opted to rule based on decisions rendered by other countries.