Military Court adjourns Habyarabatuma trial

HUYE - A Military tribunal sitting in the district yesterday adjourned the trial of Cyriaque Habyarabatuma, the former commander of Gendarmerie in the former Butare Prefecture who is charged with various counts of Genocide committed in the Province in 1994. Habyarabatuma, who was an Assistant Commissioner of Police in the Rwanda National Police, was arrested in February 2004 and detained at Butare central prison following numerous testimonies from Genocide survivors attesting to his role in the Genocide.