Rwanda News Agency
01/11/11
Kigali: The Military High Court has again postponed the hearing of a plea to free a Congolese dissident Gen. Laurent Nkunda detained in Rwanda for the past two years, his lawyer said.
"The clerk's office decided to postpone the hearing sine die because the judge (General Steven Karyango) has been suspended," Aime Bokanga, a lawyer for Laurent Nkunda, told AFP news agency.
"We're waiting for a new judge to be appointed. Under Rwandan law he needs to be a general because the person we have brought proceedings against is a general," the lawyer said.
This latest postponement is the fourth since the case was sent to the military courts. The case was scheduled to start on Monday.