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DRC: three militiamen convicted in Kalehe

07.09.2020 - (Last modified: 08.09.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 22 August 2020 three members of a militia in South Kivu were convicted by the Bukavu military tribunal. Bitale Leonar...

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Yahya Jammeh

29.07.2020 - (Last modified: 04.04.2022)

Equatorial Guinea

Facts Yahya Jammeh was born in 1969 in Kanilai in Gambia. In 1984, he entered gendarmerie and gradually made his way to the top, reaching the position of commander of the military police, a position which he held between 1991 and 1992. On 22 July 1994, he came to power following a coup d’état. A transitional government was subsequently established and lasted until 19...

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Burundi: While a torture victim remains in prison, his executioners roam free

22.04.2020 - (Last modified: 05.01.2021)

Burundi

Georges was arbitrarily arrested in Burundi and tortured during his time in detention. TRIAL International has taken his...

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In Burundi, relatives of the disappeared are also victimized

16.01.2020

Burundi

Since April 2015, Burundi is the scene of a massive increase in violence. Severe violations of human rights are regularl...

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DRC: Seven years after the crimes, Lieutenant-Colonel Safari Kateatea Amos finally cond...

09.12.2019 - (Last modified: 22.01.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

It will have taken seven years for this Colonel of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) to be brought before the judges....

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Rape of a minor: sergeant of the Congolese army sentenced to 14 years in prison

12.11.2019 - (Last modified: 20.02.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The military tribunal in Bukavu sentenced a sergeant of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC)...

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Burundi: End impunity for crimes of torture

21.10.2019

Burundi

Four years after suffering severe torture, Miriam is still struggling with the psychological consequences. Yet the Burun...

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The disappearance of a Burundian activist unaccounted for… since 2015

07.10.2019

Burundi

In Burundi, opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third mandate was met with repression across the coun...

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In DRC, trial opens against militia leader Kokodikoko and his accomplices

19.09.2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo

They terrorized a dozen villages in South Kivu. Arrested in April 2019, rebel leader Frédéric Masudi Alimasi, alias Kok...

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Torture in DRC prisons: ending the conspiracy of silence?

02.09.2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo

A historic verdict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) highlighted a widespread practice: the use of torture in pr...

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Supporting a female victim of torture in Burundi

12.06.2019 - (Last modified: 20.02.2020)

Burundi

In 2014, Sara (real name withheld) was severely tortured in Burundi. Five years later, with no accountability in sight...

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Six months after its start, an update on the Sheka trial in the DRC

11.06.2019

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The hearings began in November 2018, yet they are still far from over. Why? The trial of warlord Ntabo Ntaberi, known a...

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