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The Court of Appeal dismissed Mushinzimana Daniel’s request for provisional release, finding no exceptional and compelling reasons to justify release pending review.
The Court found that the COVID-19 quarantine in Rusizi prison constituted an exceptional and unforeseen circumstance beyond the appellant's control, which justified the late filing of the appeal. Therefore, the appeal should have been admitted by the High Court, and the previous decision rejecting the appeal for lateness was set aside.
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The Supreme Court rejected a review application as time-barred, holding that diabetes did not amount to the kind of incapacity that suspends appeal deadlines.
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