The trial of Dr Leon Mugesera suspected of Genocide crimes has been adjourned, Wednesday 26 March 2014, in absentia of his Lawyer Rudakemwa Jean Felix for unidentified reasons.
Mugesera is accused of making speech in 1992 that allegedly played a major role in triggering the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi’s, which claimed a million lives.
The controversial academic was in January 2013 deported from Canada after losing a legal battle that lasted close to two decades.
During his appearance before the judges in Supreme Court, Dr. Mugesera was surprised by the absence of his lawyer Rudakemwa.
After two hours of waiting, court decided to call Rudakemwa however, his phone was off.
The Supreme Court requests comment from both side whether the trial should continue or be postponed and the defendant himself said that the trial should not continue with reference to the article 18 of the constitution which grants him the right to not be tried without lawyer.
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