Rwanda: Rwanda suspects boycott trials

Dozens of suspected masterminds of Rwanda's 1994 genocide are boycotting their trials at a U.N. tribunal to protest plans to move future proceedings to Kigali, defense lawyers said on September 21st. Forty-three of the 67 detainees at the court in the Tanzanian town of Arusha began the protest on September 20th, fearing they could face the death penalty if cases are transferred to Rwanda's legal system. Observers say the U.N. is unwilling to use force to comply the defendants to attend their trials.