{"id":5461,"date":"2002-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/5461-17102002-tpirniyitegeka-lancien-ministre-niyitegeka-est-innocent-selon-la-defense2251.html"},"modified":"2002-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-10-16T22:00:00","slug":"17102002-tpirniyitegeka-lancien-ministre-niyitegeka-est-innocent-selon-la-defense2251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/fr\/5461-17102002-tpirniyitegeka-lancien-ministre-niyitegeka-est-innocent-selon-la-defense2251.html","title":{"rendered":"17.10.2002 - TPIR\/NIYITEGEKA - l'ANCIEN MINISTRE NIYITEGEKA EST INNOCENT , SELON LA DEFENSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p  >\nArusha, le 17 octobre 2002 (FH) - La d\u00e9fense de l'ancien ministre de l'information sous le gouvernement int\u00e9rimaire, Eli\u00e9zer Niyiteka, a plaid\u00e9<br \/>\nson innocence, lors sa d\u00e9claration liminaire, jeudi, devant le Tribunal p\u00e9nal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR).\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nLe procureur a cl\u00f4tur\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sentation de ses moyens de preuve et il revient maintenant \u00e0 l'accus\u00e9 de faire compara\u00eetre ses t\u00e9moins.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p  >\nl'avocate irlandaise D'Eli\u00e9zer Niyitegeka, Me Sylvie Geraghty, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que son client \u00e9tait\" un homme de paix. \"\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nLe procureur all\u00e8gue que l'accus\u00e9 a particip\u00e9 au g\u00e9nocide anti-tutsi et aux massacres D'opposants en province de Kibuye (sud-ouest du Rwanda) en 1994.<br \/>\nIl a cit\u00e9 douze t\u00e9moins dans ce proc\u00e8s ouvert le 17 juin 2002.\n<\/p>\n<p  >\n\"Niyitegeka a sinc\u00e8rement parl\u00e9 de la paix pour tous les Rwandais et \u00e9tait en faveur des accords D'Arusha\", a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Me Geraghty. \"Cette id\u00e9ologie lui a co\u00fbt\u00e9 cher. Il a \u00e9chapp\u00e9 \u00e0 trois tentatives D'assassinat\", a poursuivi l'avocate.\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nSelon Me Geraghty, Niyitegeka ne pouvait conspirer avec l'ex-parti pr\u00e9sidentiel, le MRND, et son aile jeunesse, les Interahamwe, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que leurs membres avaient tent\u00e9 de l'assassiner. Me Geraghty a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que l'accus\u00e9 d\u00e9veloppera une d\u00e9fense D'alibi.\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nl'avocate a estim\u00e9 qu'il \u00e9tait impossible que son client, un fusil \u00e0 la main, participe aux attaques contre les Tutsis dans les collines de Bisesero en 1994 , \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 sa condition physique \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque. Eli\u00e9zer Niyitegeka \u00e9tait excessivement gros et ne pouvait courir \u00e0 travers les collines de Bisesero, a plaid\u00e9 en substance Me Gerarghty. Me Geraghty est assist\u00e9e de Me Feargal Kavanag dans la d\u00e9fense D'Eli\u00e9zer Niyitegeka.\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nMe Geraghty a soutenu que huit ans et demi apr\u00e8s les faits, la m\u00e9moire des t\u00e9moins peut \u00eatre d\u00e9faillante. \"Une personne innocente, dans ces circonstances, peut en devenir victime\", a-t-elle soulign\u00e9.\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nLe proc\u00e8s Niyitegeka se d\u00e9roule devant la premi\u00e8re chambre de premi\u00e8re instance du TPIR pr\u00e9sid\u00e9e par la juge sud-africaine Navanethem Pillay, assist\u00e9e des juges, norv\u00e9gien Erik Mose, et s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise, Andr\u00e9sie Vaz. Le premier t\u00e9moin de la d\u00e9fense sera entendu lundi prochain.\n<\/p>\n<p  >\nAT\/GF\/FH (NI-1017A)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arusha, le 17 octobre 2002 (FH) - La d\u00e9fense de l'ancien ministre de l'information sous le gouvernement int\u00e9rimaire, Eli\u00e9zer Niyiteka, a plaid\u00e9 son innocence, lors sa d\u00e9claration liminaire, jeudi, devant le Tribunal p\u00e9nal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR). 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