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ICTR allows amendment to indictment

    NAIROBI

    The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday granted a prosecution request to amend the indictment against former mayor Igance Bagilishema, who goes on trial next month, the Hirondelle news agency reported. The prosecution had, the previous day, asked permission to amend the indictment against the former mayor of Mabanza in western Rwanda following "witness testimonies gathered in July". The prosecution intended to reduce the number of charges from 13 to six by "merging some and adding new ones". The new charges include "causing outrages upon the personal dignity of Tutsi women".

    Bagilishema's defence lawyer Francois Roux had opposed the motion, saying it would constitute a "grave injustice". Roux maintained the prosecution had no evidence against Bagilishema himself and was "trying to judge him as responsible for acts committed by others".

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