Kenya: Uhuru Trial Now Moved to February

1 November 2013

THE starting date for President Uhuru Kenyatta's trial at the Hague was yesterday postponed from November 12 to February 5. However the prospects of a request for a longer deferral by the UN Security Council remain unlikely even after yesterday's 'interactive dialogue' meeting in New York.

Yesterday trial judges Kuniko Ozaki, Chile Eboe-Osuji and Robert Fremr said that they could not refuse to grant a postponement since both Uhuru and ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had agreed. They nevertheless cautioned the two sides against future postponements.

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