Arusha, 22 June 2007 (FH) - The newly elected President of the
\nInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as well as its
\nProsecutor were this week in New York to present their assessments and
\ntheir prospects to the General assembly of the United Nations.
\nPresident Dennis Byron repeated that the work of the ICTR would be
\nfinished only when the defendants have been tried, when the victims of the
\nlarge scale crimes receive justice and when the establishment of the facts
\nallows for reconciliation in Rwanda. The Prosecutor, as for him, announced
\nseveral transfer requests, including that of two persons exiled in France
\nand who could be tried there on charges carried against them by
\ninternational justice.<\/p>\n
At the ICTR, a new trial, that of the catholic priest Hormisdas
\nNsengimana, began Friday morning. Tried for genocide, murder and
\nextermination, the defendant was the vice-chancellor of the Christ King
\nCollege of Nyanza, in southern Rwanda. With the beginning of the trial,
\nthe new chief of prosecutions, the Italian Silvana Arbia, announced that
\n24 witnesses, from which "members of the Rwandan clergy", will come to
\nprove the guilt of the clergyman "beyond any reasonable doubt". The
\nChamber is composed of judges Erik Mose (President), Sergei Egorov and
\nRita Arrey. <\/p>\n
In the Karemera case, name of the one of the accused which is usually
\npresided by Judge Byron, the two assessor judges continued to sit to hear
\nthe 15th witness of the prosecution. Another is awaited for Monday.
\nvice-president of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and
\nDevelopment (MRND), Edouard Karemera appears with the former president and
\nsecretary-general of the party, respectively Mathieu Ngirumpatse and
\nJoseph Nzirorera. They face, among other crimes, charges of rapes
\ncommitted in various corners of the country by members of the youth wing
\nof the MRND. <\/p>\n
In Butare, which should sit until 15 July, the former prefect of Butare,
\nAlphonse Nteziryayo was cross-examined by other defense counsels. It will
\ncontinue Monday in spite of incidents and tensions related to translation
\ndifficulties. <\/p>\n
In the trial of Tharcisse Renzaho, the former prefect of Kigali, the
\ndefense directed by the co-council Barnabe Nekuie, was only able to
\nintroduce three witnesses. The proceedings were suspended in the middle of
\nthe week and will restart only on 2 July.<\/p>\n
PB\/ER <\/p>\n
\u00a9 Hirondelle News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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