Entry Visa Denied to U.N. Prosecutor

Rwanda has refused an entry visa to United Nations war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte in protest over the release of a prominent genocide suspect by a U.N. tribunal. The government earlier this month suspended relations with the tribunal after Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, a leading suspect in the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people died, was freed. Tribunal spokesman Kingsley Moghalu said at the court’s headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, that in a notice given to the tribunal Friday to review the decision, Del Ponte argued that “new and additional facts,” which Moghalu did not provide, would be admissible in the review proceedings. Moghalu said Del Ponte, who had planned to travel to Rwanda today, would instead arrive in Arusha.