\nArusha, 4 November 2008 (FH) - The Appeals Chamber of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has confirmed lower court's decision not to transfer to Rwandan courts a former businessman, Gaspard Kanyarukiga, to face 1994 genocide charges, reports Hirondelle Agency.\n<\/p>\n
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\nKanyarukiga is accused of genocide, complicity in genocide and extermination.\n<\/p>\n
\n"The Appeals Chamber confirms decision of the First Instance Chamber's refusal the transfer of the case [Kanyarukiga] to Rwanda", stated a ruling Thursday, a copy of which has been obtained by Hirondelle.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe prosecutor's motion, aiming at transferring the Kanyarukiga case to Rwandan courts, was rejected on 6 June by the First Instance.\n<\/p>\n
\nRejecting the appeal, the upper court was not been convinced that the fundament right of Kanyarukiga to obtain the appearance of his witnesses under the same ICTR conditions can be guaranteed currently in Rwanda.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe fear also persists that the defendant, if convicted, can face life imprisonment in isolation, the heaviest sentence under the Rwandan penal code after the abolition last year of capital punishment.\n<\/p>\n
\nFor the same reasons, the Appeals Court last month rejected another motion of transferring former businessman and genocide-accused, Yussuf Munyakazi.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe prosecution considered transferring some cases to Rwanda to facilitate the completion strategy of the Tribunal.\n<\/p>\n
\nER\/PB\/MM\/SC.\n<\/p>\n
\n© Hirondelle News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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