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No "protective measures" for Ntuyahaga

    NAIROBI
    The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha said on Monday it could not order "protective measures" for a defence witness and former Rwandan army officer, Bernard Ntuyahaga, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported. The defence counsel for genocide suspect Theoneste Bagasora had argued that Ntuyahaga would be a "key" witness in Bagasora's trial. The trial chamber ruled that the motion was premature, that the defence had not produced sufficient evidence regarding the threat to Ntuyahaga's life and that the court had no power to serve such an order on Tanzania. Ntuyahaga is currently under arrest by Tanzanian authorities, who are considering Rwanda's request for his extradition to face genocide charges there.

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