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DR Congo: Monthly Human Rights Assessment: June 2007

By Human Rights Division / MONUC  Posted by Georgianne Nienaber (about the submitter)       (Page 6 of 6 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page.   No comments

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60. During the night of 1-2 June, FDLR elements allegedly attacked the village of Kakunda – 75 km west of Bukavu- in the territory of Kalehe, abducted four persons (two men, a woman and a child) and carried them into the Kahuzi-Biega forest. The dead body of one of the men was allegedly found by some Kakunda villagers the following morning 5 km from the village. The assailants also looted the village taking away livestock and household items.

61. Still in the territory of Kalehe, this time in Mamba/Chamusi – 75 km northwest of Bukavu – during the night of 3-4 June, a group of FDLR allegedly killed one man, abducted two women and five men and took them into the Kahezi-Biega forest. Two men managed to escape and later returned to the village. The assailants also allegedly looted the village.

62. FDLR elements continued to kill, abduct and harass civilians and loot villages in many parts of the North Kivu Province. On 23 June 2007, an elderly man was allegedly killed and over 30 houses were looted in Bunyereza -3 km north of Shinda- by nine FDLR. Five civilians were beaten up during the same attack. On 13 June in Mbolu – 15 km of Bunyatenge-, a farmer was allegedly killed by the FDLR. The victim had allegedly attempted to prevent the assailants from looting his farm.

63. On 22 May 2007, in Bovata, locality of Kikingi, territory of Beni, North Kivu, four civilians including two women, were allegedly abducted in their farms by the ADF/NALU (Ugandan rebels). The victims were taken to an unknown location.


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Georgianne Nienaber is an investigative environmental and political writer. She lives in rural northern Minnesota and South Florida. Her articles have appeared in The Society of Professional Journalists' Online Quill Magazine, the Huffington (more...)
 

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