The Supreme Court recently accepted recommendations from friends of court Article 19 a group of activists and lawyers without borders on how to solve the case of two journalists Uwimana Nkusi and Saidath Mukakibibi who are accused of inciting genocide ideology in their publications.
Today the president of Supreme Court Sam Rugege noted that the recommendations didn’t highlight any new idea on how to solve the case, but added that however, this was the first time to accept recommendations from friends of the court yet it would be better if they brought new practices.
The lawyer of Nkusi, Evariste Nsabayezu agreed with the court ruling that the recommendations were similar to Rwandan laws.
“There’s a part they say that journalists have a right to publish opinions from their sources yet in Rwanda we have a similar law, so there was nothing new in their recommendations,” said the lawyer.
A verdict to decide the reduction of jail terms for the two inmates will be delivered on 16th next month, Nkusi is sentenced to 17 years while 7 years for Mukakibibi.
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