After decades on the run, Felicien Kabuga called the charges against him "lies" and his lawyer doubted he would receive a fair trial in an international court.

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga called the charges against him lies in a French courtroom on Wednesday.

After the presiding judge read out the offenses that Kabuga was accused of, including genocide, persecution and extermination against Rwanda's Tutsi minority, Kabuga denied the charges.

The French court refused to release Kabuga on bail, despite his lawyer's argument that he is in poor health.

End of the road

Kabuga, who was arrested earlier this month is a Paris suburb, was considered the most-wanted suspect connected to the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda.