Rwanda: Ruling party to abolish death penalty

Rwanda's ruling party will push for a law abolishing the death penalty in the east African state, a senior party official said on Thursday. Outlawing capital punishment would clear the way for the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and western countries to extradite genocide suspects to Rwanda. Servilien Sebasoni, the spokesperson for the ruling party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), denied suggestions that the party had made the decision to facilitate extradition of suspects to Rwanda.