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A Kenyan Journalist Walter Barasa addresses Journalists in Nairobi where he claimed that he had been forced to go and lie at the ICC Courts as a witness against Deputy President William Ruto. [PHOTO: FILE]
NAIROBI, KENYA: The Court of Appeal will this morning start hearing a case in which former journalist, Walter Barasa, is contesting a High Court decision to extradite him to The Hague to face criminal charges.
A three-judge bench will consider a petition filed by Mr Barasa in which he seeks to block his handing over on grounds that a ruling by Justice Richard Mwongo on May 14, allowing his extradition was against his constitutional rights.
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