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European Parliament "deplores" Barayagwiza release ruling

    NAIROBI

    The European Parliament has said it "deplores the decision" of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) appeal court to release genocide suspect Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza on technical legal grounds which, it said, "risks undermining the credibility of the Tribunal." It called for the court to review the decision and, "in particular, to reverse its ruling that Barayagwiza cannot be tried again ... on the charges for which
    he was originally indicted." The ICTR should "review its requirements for retrials" because "there can never be immunity from prosecution over genocide charges," it said. The resolution also called on the Rwandan government to reconsider its decision to suspend cooperation with the ICTR as a result of the Barayagwiza ruling, which it said would "seriously affect the court's ability to conduct its trials."

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