ANTI AND PRO REBEL MOVEMENT (RCD) ARMED GROUPS CONTINUE TO CAUSE TERRO IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE KIVU REGION OF THE CONGO.
Le Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to be the scene of gross human rights violations by various armed groups. The local population of the Kamisimbi village is among the latest victims. Last week, a group of armed people attacked the Bishanyi area of Kamisimbi, the local care center, the Birhendezi area of the Lurhala village, as well as the Bongwa area.
According to reliable sources, the attackers were members of the notorious Interahamwe militia (group of Hutu armed militia that took part in is the 1994 Rwandese genocide). Several people were injured by bullets, a number of women were raped and a considerable number of cattle belonging to the local population was raided as a result of this attack.
This attack occurred after a clash between the armed force of the rebel movement in control of the Kivu region (RCD) and the notorious Interahamwe militia. The clash is said to have taken place around the Bishanyi area in Kalehe.
Following this clash, the Interahamwe militia raided the Kamisimbi medical center and took with them all the equipments, medicines and anything they could put their hands on. Then they [the interahamwe] went to the Birhendezi village, where after looting, they injured Mr. Charles Nakarhalagu and Madame M'Namulwa.
The same Interahamwe militia then raided the Bongwa village too. There, they raped several married women and young girls. They also looted more than twenty houses, taking with them clothes, domestics appliances and a considerable number of domestic animals, such as goat, cows, etc.
The terror in rural areas of the Kivu region of the Congo is not only the fact of anti-rebel movement militia. The 'Local defense' militia created by the rebel movement ,( the RCD), for allegedly providing security in the rural areas of the Kivu region, are also committing graves human rights violations.
Recently, members of the 'Local defense' militia killed Mr. KASISI Charles, a resident of Kabushungu village in the district of Kalehe. Three more people were also severely injured as a result of this same incident. Two people from the same village are also reported missing, and most of the houses' village were looted.
Indeed, following this incident, Mr. KASISI Charles was killed. Mrs. M'MUSHOBOZI and Mr. SIYAPATA, wife and son of Mr. Lumeto Bisuro respectively, were severely injured. Mr. Mikenge was also injured, but not as seriously as the other two. The two brothers Lumeto and Bahati Lumeto, sons of Mr. Lumeto Bisuro, went missing and none has heard about their whereabouts up to now.
Furthermore, more than 40 households were looted by the same members of the Local Defense. Among the owners of the looted houses are, Lumeto Bisuro,, Kasisi Charles, Safari Kasisi, Shituka Chibuga, Safari Marara, Chizungu Kalire, Nyamuhondo Mitima Pondo, Masumbuko Chihindamuko, Kaneno Chifuko, Paluku Mubira, Samuel Nachime, Emmanuel Nachime, Pasteur Pascal Kahenga, Mufanzara Oswald, Shangali Ntaboba, Mapendo Rugusha, Musa Shabira, Spéciose M'Habali, Tombola Marara, Kanani Kabagaya, Moïse Malambo, Kabiri Kahunga, Kachimba Mubugu, Léontine M'Bihir, M'Masonga Julienne (veuve de Kapepo Kabagaya), Karubamba Clément, M'Musamuguma Appoline, Kashugushu Gustave, M'Mulengabyuma Marie, Heri Kahundahunda, Daniel Kahundahunda, Kasole Kahundahunda, Mukungilwa Nyampampa, Wutukalusu Mukungilwa Stop, Denis Mukungilwa, Kamungo Shabira, Mukara André, Masemo Ntanda, M'Nkubojoka Nyababiri( veuve de Tabaro Kahunga), Muhindo Ntaboba et M'Ciringa Nyababiri.
Considering the increasing insecurity and gross human rights violations that continue to feature the daily live of the populations living in rural areas of the Kivu region of the Congo, Heritiers de la Justice will never give up with calling for justice on behalf of the innocent civilians who continue to pay with their lives for the ongoing conflict in the Congo. D.R.
Heritiers de la Justice continue also to call for an international investigation in the killings of civilians in the eastern part of the Congo.
Héritiers de la Justice
April 2001
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