The Special Court trying suspended South Sudanese First Vice President Riek Machar and seven co-defendants on Wednesday rejected a defence request to allow Machar’s legal team to make its own audio and video recordings of the remaining proceedings. The three-judge panel said granting Machar’s request would give him preferential treatment over the other accused, who had not been granted the same facility. The ruling was delivered during the court…
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