On Monday, November 16, 2009, a United Nations appeals court overturned the ruling against Protais Zigiranyirazo (also known as "Z"), the brother-in-law of ex-Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana. In 2008, Zigiranyirazo had been found guilty of genocide and extermination and had been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The appeals court decided to overturn the ruling of the lower court because they found serious errors in the original trial which seriously impeded justice.
Shortly after the announcement that the ruling had been overturned, Zigiranyirazo was set free.
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What “errors” were committed?
The usual vague, unexplained jargon is used to provide no other action except one of political expediency.