DR CONGO SUSPENDS OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN MASS RAPES IN WHAT UN CALLS ‘IMPORTANT’ STEP

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DR CONGO SUSPENDS OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN MASS RAPES IN WHAT UN CALLS
'IMPORTANT' STEP
New York, Apr 12 2013 2:00PM
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suspended for further
investigation the commanding officers of two of its battalions
implicated in mass rapes and other human rights violations in what the
United Nations today called "an important signal of the commitment of
the Congolese authorities to hold the perpetrators of these crimes
accountable."

The UN Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) said it had been
notified formally of the actions being taken by the Government to
bring to justice the perpetrators of serious human rights violations
committed in Minova in the violence-wracked east of the vast country
in late November 2012.

Investigations conducted over the ensuing three months by MONUSCO in
Minova and surrounding villages found that two units of the Congolese
armed forces (FARDC) engaged in mass rapes and other human violations,
and in February the Mission sent a letter to FARDC's chief of staff
requesting the formal suspension of support to these units.

In its notification, announced today, the Government said it had
launched investigations and recorded some 400 testimonies from
victims, witnesses and suspects. It added that several arrests had
been made as an interim internal disciplinary measure, and a number of
officers allegedly involved in these acts had been suspended and put
at the disposal of the Military Prosecutor for the purposes of the
investigation.

Among these officers are the commanding officers and deputy commanding
officers of the two main battalions suspected of committing these
acts, as well as officers of eight other units.

"MONUSCO notes that the suspension of the commanding officers is an
important signal of the commitment of the Congolese authorities to
hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable," the Mission said.
"MONUSCO will continue to monitor the judicial process."
Apr 12 2013 2:00PM
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