Ingabire’s verdict postponed

The High Court, this morning postponed to October 19, the ruling in the case involving the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, who is facing terrorism and genocide denial charges.

Friday, September 07, 2012

The High Court, this morning postponed to October 19, the ruling in the case involving the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, who is facing terrorism and genocide denial charges.Judge Alice Rulisa averred that the court decided to wait for a Supreme Court decision on a constitutional interpretation case the defendant filed there."The Court realised that Ingabire petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the Genocide Ideology law, and her lawyer requested for stay of the ruling, pending the Supreme Court decision,” ruled Rulisa.The Supreme Court ruling is due on October 5.