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KIGALI, Rwanda — A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted release on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.
Peter Erlinder has been hospitalized multiple times since his arrest last month. One of Erlinder’s attorneys said Erlinder is free to leave Rwanda.
He acknowledged this week that he had attempted suicide in jail by overdosing on pills, telling the court he had a breakdown and lost hope. He did not appear in court Thursday because he was in the hospital for high blood pressure.
