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Cooperation with ICTR suspended

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    The Rwandan government has temporarily suspended its cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) after the court freed a genocide suspect, Rwandan radio reported. A cabinet meeting, chaired by Vice-President Paul Kagame, on Friday strongly condemned the move, saying the ICTR’s reasons for freeing the suspect could be used by other detainees. Former foreign ministry official and a founding member of extremist RTLM radio, Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, was ordered released after the ICTR appeals chamber upheld his protest that his human rights had been violated.

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