“The Chebeya affair”: Justice on the big screen

Upon release of the documentary The Cheyeba affair. Duty of Justice today in Belgian theaters, Avocats Sans Frontières reemphasises the need for impartial justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ASF in the Democratic Republic of Congo

General context With a population of roughly 80,000,000, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-biggest country in Africa. Despite elections in 2006 and 2011, which were considered democratic by the international community, DRC is struggling to end the cycle of conflict. Insecurity persists in the east, where it has been maintained for…

ASF concerned about surge in violence in Eastern Congo

Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is concerned about the surge of violence that is affecting the civilian population in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Two members of F.D.L.R. convicted of crimes against humanity in South Kivu (D.R. Congo)

Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) is pleased to report that on 16 august 2011, the Military Garrison Court of Bukavu in the Province of South Kivu has in a mobile court* hearing, convicted two members of the F.D.L.R.*. Maniragula Jean Bosco alias Kazungu, who is considered to be a commander of one faction, has been convicted…

Verdict Chebeya case : the Congolese justice at a crossroad

Brussels, 24 June 2011 – For Avocats Sans Frontières, that represents the brothers and sisters of the human rights activist Floribert Chebeya, the verdict reached by the Congolese Military Court on 23 June 2011 brings only few answers to the circumstances of the murder of Chebeya on 1 June 2010 and the disappearance of his…

Lieutenant-Colonel Mutware (DRC) sentenced to 20 years imprisonment

Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) is pleased to report a decision that was recently issued in the province of South Kivu on February 21, 2011, sentencing Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Kibibi Mutware, interim commandant in the 43rd operational sector of the Amani Leo operation of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (AFDRC), along with…

DRC: Focus on the trial of Kakado

On the 9th August 2010, a remarkable judgment for the struggle against the most serious violations of human rights was handed down in Ituri by the military tribunal of Bunia, (East DRC). Bernard Yonga Tshopena Kakado, founder of the Ituri Patriotic Resistance Front (IPRF), was condemned to life imprisonment. From 2000 to 2007, when he…

Country: Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)