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ICTR Prosecutor urges reversal of Barayagwiza decision

    NAIROBI

    The ICTR Prosecutor Carla del Ponte has officially called for a revision of the Appeals Court decision to free genocide suspect Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, the Hirondelle news agency reported on Friday. She said she had new details which she hoped would speed up a reversal of the decision. Meanwhile, del Ponte arrived in Kigali on Saturday after Rwanda relented and agreed to grant her a visa. However, Foreign Minister Augustin Iyamuremye told the Rwanda News Agency the decision did not mean that cooperation had been re-established with the tribunal. Rwandan temporarily
    suspended cooperation with the ICTR after the Appeals Court's decision.

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