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Genocide suspect to appeal against decision on his lawyer

    NAIROBI

    Rwandan genocide suspect Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza on Monday said he would appeal against the ICTR’s decision to have him retain his lawyer Justry Nyaberi, whom he accuses of fraud. ICTR President Navanethem Pillay last week rejected Barayagwiza’s demand to change lawyers, saying “no exceptional circumstances have been made out to warrant a change of counsel”. Furthermore, she said, it would delay a review of the Appeal Chamber’s decision to drop the charges against Barayagwiza on technical grounds.

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