Mugesera v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
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Mugesera v. Canada, [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada
decision. The Court upheld the deportation order for Léon Mugesera
, a politician from Rwanda
, on the grounds of inciting hatred and for suspicion of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the Rwandan Genocide
.
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
decision. The Court upheld the deportation order for Léon Mugesera
Léon Mugesera
Léon Mugesera is a Rwandan man, resident in Quebec, Canada since 1992. He is currently facing deportation from Canada for an inflammatory anti-Tutsi speech which his critics allege was a precursor to the 1994 Rwandan genocide....
, a politician from Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
, on the grounds of inciting hatred and for suspicion of crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the Rwandan Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
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