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Preliminary report of mass rapes and other human rights violations in Walikale territory (Sep. 2010)
From 30 July to 2 August 2010, a coalition of forces of the Mayi Mayi Cheka and the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) as well as forces under Colonel Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, a total of at least 200 fighters…
- Human Rights
Joint report of MONUC, ONUB and OHCHR into the Gatumba massacre (2004)
On the night of 13 August 2004, a transit centre assisted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and housing Congolese refugees and Burundian returnees at Gatumba, Bujumbura Rural Province…
Human rights violations during DRC general elections
Geneva/Kinshasa, 20 March 2012 – A UN report released Tuesday details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by Congolese and security forces in the…
UN sounds warning bell over pre-election human rights violations in the DRC
Geneva/Kinshasa, 9 November 2011 – A UN report released today reveals a worrying number of human rights violations during the pre-electoral period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning that such incidents could…
Statement by Navi Pillay, HCHR. on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
GENEVA , 26 June 2010 – "Almost all states have laws that prohibit torture and declare it a crime. Yet many states practice torture and do not prosecute those who commit it. Chilling reports of torture cross the desks of UN…
Recognizing Human Rights Journalism in the DRC
Kinshasa, 16 October 2011 - The NGOs Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), The Carter Center and Search for Common Ground, along with the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), have launched a competition to reward the best…
DRC: MONUSCO concerned over the death of Armand Tungulu Mudiandambu
Kinshasa, 8 October 2010 - MONUSCO expresses its deepest concern over the death of Armand Tungulu Mudiandambu, who died in military detention at a camp in Kinshasa the midnight of 1 and 2 October. Armand Tungulu Mudiandambu…
Monusco Confirms arrest of Sadoke Kikunda Mayele
Kinshasa, 6 October 2010 - In an earlier statement today MONUSCO relayed that it had received information alleging the mistaken identity of Sadoke Kikunda Mayele. Mayele's identity was subsequently confirmed. He was…
Arrest of mass rapes' suspect in Walikale territory, North Kivu
Kinshasa, 05 October 2010 – A joint action carried out by MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade and the Government of DRC, on 05 October 2010 in the region of Walikale resulted in the arrest of "Lt-Col" Mayele, a member of the Mai Mai…
Tanker Explosion Victims in Sangue Assisted by MONUSCO
Kinshasa, 3 July 2010 – Yesterday evening, at about 6 o'clock p.m., a tanker carrying fuel from Bukavu to Uvira overturned and exploded near the locality of Sangue, 33 km north Uvira while a crowd of people were attempting to…