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Echoes from the field
03.10.2016 - (Last modified: 20.06.2017)
DRC: Developments in the Mutarule trial
07.09.2016 - (Last modified: 21.10.2019)
Congolese soldier receives 15 years sentence for double rape
04.08.2016 - (Last modified: 23.02.2017)
Sexual Violence: Congolese NGOs and TRIAL fight the same battle
06.07.2016 - (Last modified: 29.09.2016)
A pilot project to facilitate access to justice
14.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
Case F.
03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
On 17 December 2014, agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) arrested F. at his home, without any arrest warrant. He was immediately locked up in an ANR solitary confinement cell and tortured over a long period of time to make him “confess” to stealing a large sum of money from his former associate, who happened to be very close to the ANR Commander. Despite...
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...
