U.N. court overturns Rwandan's conviction

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said late on Monday its appeals chamber had ordered the immediate release of Protais Zigiranyirazo, known by the nickname “Mr. Z”.

Zigiranyirazo, a brother-in-law of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, was alleged to have been a member of Akazu, a small but powerful Hutu group believed to have plotted to exterminate the minority Tutsis.

“The trial judgment mis-stated the principles of law governing the distribution of burden of proof with regards to alibi and seriously erred in its handling of the evidence,” said Judge Theodor Meron, who presides over the appeals chamber in Arusha, northern Tanzania.

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