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US Police Idly Watch As Congo President’s Security Force Beats Protesters In American Streets

August 8, 2014 Global Author1st amendment, AFrica Summit, DC Police, DRC, Joseph Kabila, Obama, police, Protesters, Washington DC

As the US empire scrambles to secure access to the bountiful resources of the continent of Africa no principle is too sacred to overlook, including the right to peacefully assemble. The White House is hosting an Africa Leaders Summit where various African leaders have been invited to talk with American officials about how they can serve the empire in exchange for silver… Read More

Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

June 20, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Biennial Meeting, Control Arms, UN, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg In a Press Release by the General Assembly of the UN dated 16 June 2014, they stated: “Since 2003, Member States have gathered to consider implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, adopted in 2001. The Programme of Action prescribes… Read More

DRC: President of FDLR confirms that renounces armed struggle

June 2, 2014 Global AuthorArms, DRC, FDLR, MONUSCO, UN

President Victor Byiringiro have FDLR The acting president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), General Victor Byiringiro confirms that his men have laid down their arms since December 30, 2013. This statement Rwandan Hutu rebels, some of whom are accused by Kigali of being former genocidal raises some suspicion both on the side of Rwanda and… Read More

Vision GRAM-International : Impunity to Justice in DR Congo

May 12, 2014 Global AuthorDR Congo, DRC, impunity, sexual warfare, Vision-GRAM International

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Vision GRAM International By: Victor Amisi, Executive Director Vision GRAM International (Ottawa, May 10) -Since the wars in DR Congo, women and girls were victims of rape and sexual violence. Acts committed in violation of international human rights law and humanitarian law. Efforts were made to put an end to barbaric acts committed by all armed groups.… Read More

Congo armed groups wielding machetes reportedly execute 70 – U.N

February 13, 2014 Global Authorcongo, MONUSCO, Rwanda, Uganda, UN

According to reports from the UN, armed groups wielding machetes have reportedly executed 70 people in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo "to spread terror", the U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Thursday. The mission, MONUSCO, said it had received reports of gross human rights abuses including the reported summary killings at Nyamaboko villages I and II in Masisi... Read More

Congo militia leader ordered rapes, massacres: prosecutor

February 10, 2014 Global AuthorDRC, ICC, Kabila, Kagame, Museveni, Ntaganda, Rwanda, Trial, Warlord

Defense Counsel Marc Desalliers (R) and Caroline Buteau look on during the case against Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, February 10, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/TOUSSAINT KLUITERS/UNITED PHOTOS/POOL (Reuters) – A Congolese militia leader widely known as “the Terminator” led fighters, including child soldiers, in a campaign of ethnically-motivated rape and murder, the International… Read More

Vision-GRAM International visits DRC: Interview with Executive Director Victor Amisi

February 3, 2014 Global AuthorBukavu, Child Soldiers, DRC, Rebel groups, Vision-GRAM International

Vision-GRAM International (Group of action against Marginalization) is an organization of human rights affiliated to project GRAM- Kivu, which works to promote human rights in defending the rights of children and women. The vision of the organization dates from 1996 when the region of the Great Lakes – (Africa), conflicts have plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo and created millions… Read More

Rwandan diplomat slams UN report

January 24, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Republic Congo, DRC, M23 Rebels, Oliver Nduhungirehe, Rwanda, UN, United nations

A senior Rwandan diplomat has hit back at a United Nations (UN) report that indicates the M23 rebel group continues to recruit in his country.The official who serves as deputy to the country’s Ambassador to the UN has denied claims in a Group of Experts report, presented to the Security Council, that his country allows the Congolese rebel group to... Read More

UN Says Congo’s Defeated M23 Rebels Active Again

January 13, 2014 Global Authorcongo, DRC, M23

UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. envoy in Congo said Monday there are "credible reports" that the M23 rebel group is recruiting fighters and resuming activities despite last month's peace agreement with the Congolese government following its military defeat. Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council that the M23 must not be allowed to re-emerge as a military force, which... Read More

The external independent review submits its report on alleged sexual abuses in DRC

January 10, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, ICC

The Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Herman von Hebel, has received the independent external review’s panel report which he commissioned in June 2013 following the allegations of sexual assault of four individuals under the ICC’s protection programme by a former ICC staff member working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In announcing this independent review,... Read More

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