Zigiranyirazo’s death brings back into focus fate of ‘stateless’ Rwandans stranded in Niger

Zigiranyirazo’s death brings back into focus fate of ‘stateless’ Rwandans stranded in Niger

The death of former Rwandan politician, businessman, and administrator Protais Zigiranyirazo in Niger last week turned the spotlight on one of international justice’s most troubling chapters. Known simply as Monsieur Zed (“Mr Z”), the brother-in-law of Rwanda’s former president, Juvénal Habyarimana, died not as a convicted war criminal, but as a man who had been legally cleared of genocide charges and yet remained imprisoned by circumstances bey…