In the hearing on Monday, the judges’ jury announced the appeal case was withdrawn pursuant to the defendants’ request dated August 26, without clarifying on the request letter’s content.
The defendants didn’t explain anything about their request either.
Kizito was arrested in April 2014 with three accomplices. He was charged with complicity in acts against the state security.
In February 2015, the High Court in Kigali sentenced Kizito to 10 years in jail after convicting him with conspiracy to murder and formation of a criminal gang.
The co-accused, former Amazing Grace Radio reporter Cassien Ntamuhanga was sentenced to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty of formation of a criminal gang, conspiracy against the established government and complicity in a terrorist act.
Ntamuhanga broke the prison last year and was later heard on Voice of America radio speaking reportedly from abroad without revealing his hideout.
Former combatant Jean Paul Dukuzumuremyi was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but, the court acquitted Agnès Niyibizi after they found her not guilty of any charge.
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