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Ruling is "victory" for genocide victims

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    Rwanda's representative to the ICTR, Martin Ngoga, hailed the appeal chamber's decision not to free Barayagwiza, saying it was a victory for genocide victims, Hirondelle reported. Speaking to journalists on Friday, Ngoga said the decision "restores justice and revives the hope of genocide survivors who had lost hope and trust in this Tribunal." But he said the ruling provided a "lesson" to the prosecution to avoid similar scenarios
    in the future. "The prosecution still has a long way to go in terms of assessing the efficiency and capability of its personnel," Hirondelle quoted him as saying. Rwanda last year had temporarily suspended its cooperation with the ICTR in protest at the November decision.

    Meanwhile, Friday's ruling contained declarations making it clear that the judges' revised decision had nothing to do with politics, the Arusha-based Internews agency reported. "I refute most strenuously the suggestion that in reaching decisions, political considerations should play a persuasive
    or governing role," it quoted appeal Judge Nieto Navia as saying.

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