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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mike Corder

UN appeal judges toss out plan to set up procedure to hear evidence against Rwandan genocide suspect

AP1994

Appeals judges on Monday threw out a decision by a United Nations court to set up a procedure to hear evidence against an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect who was declared unfit to face trial.

The decision likely means that Félicien Kabuga's trial, which started last year in The Hague, will never be completed. The judges acknowledged this would be a blow to victims and survivors of Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

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