Genocide trial postponed
2004-05-04 11:48
Arusha, Tanzania - The trial on genocide charges of four Rwandan former ministers, which was due to resume on Tuesday, was adjourned until further notice after the presiding judge resigned for health reasons, a defence laywer said.
In the dock at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which sits in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, are former ministers of health Casimir Bizimungu, of foreign affairs Jerome Bicamumpaka, of trade Justin Mugenzi and civil service Prosper Mugiraneza.
Each faces six charges of genocide and crimes against humanity related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where between 800 000 and a million people, mostly from the central African country's Tutsi minority population, were slaughtered over 100 days.