Judges at the International Criminal Court have adjourned William Ruto’s crimes against humanity trial for a week in order to allow the deputy president to return to Kenya to help deal with the Kenyan hostage crisis.
The Presiding Judge, Chile Eboe-Osuji, expressed the court’s “deepest sympathy to the victims and their families and friends and all of Kenya in this most difficult time.”
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