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Guilty verdict in the trial of 9 militiamen suspected of war crimes in Bana Ba Ntumba

21.04.2022

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geneva, April 21, 2022. On Tuesday, the Kananga garrison military court delivered its verdict in the...

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Central Kasaï: New trial to judge suspected mass atrocity criminals in Bana Ba Ntumba

12.04.2022

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geneva, 12 April 2022 - A mobile court opens today in Bana Ba Ntumba, Democratic Republic of Congo, to prosecute those a...

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«Given their young age, repeating their story in court can be terrible.»

13.12.2021

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Words from Ghislaine Bisimwa, TRIAL International’s Legal Advisor based in Bukavu In South Kivu, where I have b...

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DRC: Former militiaman Chance sentenced to life in South Kivu

14.09.2021 - (Last modified: 22.09.2021)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Victims obtained a favorable verdict on 21 September 2021, only 8 days after the opening of the trial of a militia leade...

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Roger Lumbala

19.03.2021 - (Last modified: 29.03.2022)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Facts Roger Lumbala is a Congolese national. He is the former leader of the Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie-National (Congolese Rally for National Democracy, or RCD-N) In 2003 the United Nations published a report implicating the RCD-N in crimes against humanity, including rape, summary executions, mutilation and cannibalism during the second civil war...

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