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                ICC Postpones Trial for Kenyan Deputy President

   by VOA News

   The International Criminal Court [ICC] has delayed the trial of Kenyan
   Deputy President William Ruto, who is facing charges of crimes against
   humanity.
   The trial was set to begin May 28, but a court statement Monday said it
   was "provisionally" postponed until after judges hold status
   conferences with prosecutors and defense attorneys.
   Ruto is accused of helping to organize a campaign of ethnic violence
   after Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election. More than 1,100
   people were killed and 300,000 displaced from their homes.
   Despite the charges, Ruto was elected as the running mate of new Kenyan
   President Uhuru Kenyatta in March. Kenyatta is facing similar charges
   at the ICC and is due to go on trial in July. In March, his lawyers
   asked the court to drop the charges, after the case against the
   president's co-accused, Francis Muthaura, collapsed.
   A Kenyan radio executive, Joshua Arap Sang, is being tried alongside
   Ruto, although the ICC has said his contribution to the crimes was "not
   essential."
   This is the second time the ICC has delayed the trial, which was
   originally set to begin last month.
   The court says that in its status conferences, scheduled for this week
   and next, it will address prosecutors' request to add five people to
   the list of witnesses, among other procedural matters.
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