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Case H.
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
Ms H. works at Panzi Hospital alongside Dr Mukwege, helping female victims of sexual violence. Her work had already attracted several threats and, on 19 June 2013, she was abducted from her home by six armed men. Kidnapped for three days, she was raped and abused. On the night of the third day, Ms H. was dumped – handcuffed and unconscious – on the roadside.
Ms H....
Case N.
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 03.11.2016)
N. was raped at her home in 2014 by a Colonel of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC). He was her husband’s colleague. Like countless victims of rape, N. was place in the dock by her community, leaving her isolated and stigmatized for a crime of which she was a victim.
Despite the pressure put on her, N. had the courage to file a compla...
Fred Bauma, a symbol of arbitrary detention in the DRC
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 25.02.2019)
Fred Bauma is one of the most prominent figures of the LUCHA (standing for Lutte pour le Changement, the Fight for Change), a well-known NGO demanding democratic change in DRC.
In March 2015, Fred was arrested by State agents during a peaceful demonstration in Kinshasa. Accused of inciting violence and rebellion, he was immediately placed in detention.
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Five Cases Submitted To The Special Rapporteur On Torture
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 03.11.2016)
Torture, a common practice in East DRC
In Eastern DRC, torture is used as a widespread practice by the armed forces and particularly by agents of the National Intervention Legion (LENI), a specialist intervention unit of the Congolese National Police. From 2014 to 2015, local NGOs gathered numerous personal accounts from the population about cases of abuse, arbitrary...
MINOVA
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
For 10 days in 2012, the small village of Minova was the scene of a wave of violence: the villagers were victims of acts of mass rape, murder and pillage. The perpetrators of these atrocities were all members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and the Congolese National Police (PNC).
This case provoked a national outcry and 39 Stat...
Pascal Kabungulu
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 13.01.2021)
Stop Pillage: What is looting?
31.05.2016 - (Last modified: 18.10.2016)
Building up capacities for human rights defenders
31.05.2016 - (Last modified: 03.11.2016)
Report to the International Conference on the Great Lakes region
31.05.2016 - (Last modified: 04.11.2016)
Report to the Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women
31.05.2016 - (Last modified: 29.09.2016)
In August 2015, TRIAL International submitted a report on progress and obstacles in the fight against impunity for sexual violence in the Eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu to the United Nations. Written in partnership with 11 local NGOs, the report describes the insufficient measures taken by the Congolese state and puts forward specific recommendations t...
