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Walikale case: time for accountability for warlord Ntabo “Sheka” Ntaberi

27.11.2018 - (Last modified: 06.12.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The long-awaited trial of two Congolese rebel leaders opened on 27 November 2018 in Goma, North Kivu. Ntabo Ntaberi face...

Cases

Army chief condemned for the Mirenzo crimes

22.11.2018 - (Last modified: 03.12.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

In June 2013, three villages in the Kalehe territory (South Kivu) were attacked by soldiers of the Congolese army (FARDC...

Training

TRIAL delivers its first regional training session for African Great Lakes lawyers

22.10.2018 - (Last modified: 06.11.2018)

Burundi

Building on its considerable expertise in Burundi and the DRC, TRIAL International has held its first joint training ses...

Opinions

Between discrimination and empowerment: testimony of a human rights defender in DRC

10.10.2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo

What does it mean to be a woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo? What does everyday life of a human rights defender...

News Releases

DRC: Two militiamen found guilty of crimes against humanity

25.09.2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On Friday 21 September, a military tribunal in Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) condemned two high-ranking comm...

News Releases

ICC withdrawal: Kinshasa issues alarming statement

17.09.2018 - (Last modified: 26.09.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

In a media release on 15 September 2018, the Congolese government stated it “did not exclude” withdrawing from the juris...

Cases

Opening of a trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes in South Kivu

23.08.2018 - (Last modified: 13.09.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 23 August 2018, the South Kivu military tribunal opened a trial in the town of Kalehe against two leaders of the Demo...

News Releases

Kavumu trial: High Military Court confirms all condemnations

26.07.2018 - (Last modified: 07.08.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tonight, the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (HMC) has confirmed the condemnation of all 11...

News

“They were raping our girls”

04.07.2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rémy Cingo is a father from Kavumu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When a militia started raping girls and bab...

News

“A married woman cannot talk about her rape”

19.06.2018 - (Last modified: 20.06.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Held captive by a warlord, Gloria went through hell: beating, starvation, sexual slavery. When she was set free, she fac...

News

Kavumu case: appeal opens near crimes venue

12.06.2018

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 12 June, the appeal trial of Kavumu Case began in Bukavu (DRC). The case relates to the rape of 40 girls for fetishis...

Trial Watch

Leon Maro Ntumwa

06.06.2018 - (Last modified: 15.08.2018)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Maro Ntumwa, known as “Moroccan”, was the right hand of Bedi Mobuli Engengela, known as “Colonel 106”, a Mai-Mai militia leader. From 2005 to 2007, this militia group fought the Congolese army in order to take possession of Kalahe territory in South Kivu. The group persecuted hundreds of villagers in complete impunity. During these attacks...

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