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Bagilishema seeks disclosure of security documents

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    The defence counsel for Ignace Bagilishema, former mayor of Mabanda, on Thursday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to order the prosecution to disclose certain documents, saying their client had tried to get them from the Rwandan government but had failed. The independent Hirondelle news agency said Bagilishema’s counsel demanded the minutes of security meetings held in Kibuye prefecture, western Rwanda, between March and July 1994, “which are specifically mentioned in Bagilishema’s indictment”. Bagilishema has pleaded not guilty to charges of genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The defence has also sought the disclosure of confession statements to the Rwandan authorities by three prosecution witnesses, saying it had reason to believe they did not correspond with the witnesses’ statements to the ICTR.

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