Rwanda Wants ICTR Judge Meron to Resign

Rwanda has called for the resignation of embattled president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Appeals Chamber Theodor Meron, who was recently accused of influencing court decisions by exerting undue influence on judges to let high-profile war crimes suspects go free.

Speaking at a news briefing yesterday, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), Jean de Dieu Mucyo, said Rwanda's concerns over the shock release or reduction of sentences of the masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi were confirmed with the latest development that faults Judge Meron.

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