Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Arusha The Appeals Court of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has upheld decision of the Lower Court to deny Prosecutor's request to transfer genocide accused former businessman, 73-year-old Yusuf Munyakazi, to stand a trial in Kigali as part of the UN Court's completion strategy. In a decision rendered on 8 October, the Presiding Judge Fausto Pocar dismissed three of the four grounds of the prosecution's appeal in its 20-page ruling, reports Hirondelle Agency. "The Appeals Chamber has granted ground two of the appeal, finding that the Trial Chamber erred in holding that Rwanda does not respect the independence of the judiciary and that the composition of the courts in Rwanda does not accord with the right to be tried by and independent tribunal and the right to a fair...
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