Judges of the Appeals Chamber of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda have started hearing oral arguments in the appeal case of Édouard Karemera and Mathieu Ngirumpatse in Arusha today. The Appeals Chamber is also expected to deliver judgement in the appeal case of the Prosecutor vs. Augustin Ndindiliyimana, Augustin Bizimungu, Françoise-Xavier Nzuwonemeye and Innocent Sagahutu on Tuesday, 11 February 2014.

Both sessions are being broadcast live via our satellite.  The specifications of the satellite are available on our website: http://www.ictr.org or as below:

“Satellite specifications
Satellite: Intelsat 907
Orbital position: 27.5 W, 332.5 E
Transponder: 86
Downlink frequency: 4109.8750 MHz in C BAND (IF 84.8750MHz)
B Polarization (Left Circular)
Symbol Rate: 1.384144
FEC QPSK 3/4
Decoder card: not required
DVB PAL system”

For any information, please contact Bocar Sy, OIC ERCOU e-mail: sy@un.org, mobile +255 784400862 and Danford Mpumilwa, e-mail: mpumilwad@un.org, mobile: +255 767 444004 from the External Relations and Communication Outreach Unit: or Radu Rosca, Chief of Audio Visual Unit, e-mail: rosca@un.org, mobile: +255 757 852577.