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“Deplorable precedent”, prosecutor says

    NAIROBI

    Describing the decision as a “deplorable precedent”, Rwanda’s Chief Prosecutor Gerald Gahima said it “not only illustrates the court’s utter ignorance of what happened in this country but also betrays a worrying misunderstanding...of the whole purpose of the existence of the tribunal”. “It was not established to provide redress for individuals, per se,” Gahima stressed. “We do not feel that the interests of justice are served by penalising the people of Rwanda over the shortcomings of a UN prosecutor over whom we have no control.”

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