25.06.07 - ICTR/RUKUNDO - ICTR SENDS A REPRESENTATIVE TO KIGALI AFTER THE ARREST OF AN INVESTIGATOR

25 June 2007 By JusticeInfo.net

Arusha, 25 June 2007 (FH) - The Registrar's office of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sent to Kigali a representative in order to inquire into the arrest, Saturday 16 June, of a member of the defense team of Father Emmanuel Rukundo, it was learned from an official source Monday in Arusha.

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"We are taking steps to ascertain the full facts and deal with the situation", answered the Associate-Registrar to a request for information by the Hirondelle agency.

The charges weighing against Léonidas Nshogoza, who is an investigator in the team directed by French lawyer Aicha Conde, have not yet been officially specified. According to an official statement issued by her customer, Nshogoza would be accused of having tried to pressure a witness.

This arrest occurs as the Rukundo trial is set to restart at the beginning of July with the presentation of the defense evidence. The principal lawyer of Rukundo, Mrs. Conde, was in Rwanda when her investigator was arrested. She should meet the Attorney General of Rwanda, Mr. Martin Ngoga, it was learned from a close source to the case.

Father Rukundo, military chaplain in Ruhengeri (northern Rwanda) then in Kigali, was arrested on 12 July 2001. He is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity and pled not guilty.