Head of UN Tribunal for Rwandan Genocide Welcomes Release of Detained Lawyer

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2010 – The head of the United Nations war crimes tribunal trying the ringleaders of the 1994 Rwandan genocide today welcomed Rwanda’s decision to free a defence lawyer who was arrested and detained in the African country last month.

“I welcome the information provided by the Rwandan authorities that Peter Erlinder, one of the advocates before the tribunal, was released yesterday,” said Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for…