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"We Will Crush You"
The Restriction of Political Space in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Map of the Democratic Republic of
Congo
I. Summary
Methodology
II. Recommendations
To the Congolese Government
To the Congolese National Assembly
and Senate
To International Donors
To MONUC and the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
III. Prelude to Violence: A Climate
of Suspicion
IV. Crushing Jean-Pierre Bemba and
his Supporters
Military 0perations August 2006
Effect on the second round of
elections
March 2007 violence
Killings and Summary Executions
Relying on the loyalists
Abuses by the Republican Guard
Arbitrary Arrest, Torture, and
Ill-Treatment
Abuses by the Republican Guard
Abuses by the "secret" commission
Abuses by other security services
Harassment, Intimidation, and
Destruction of Property
Against party activists and close
Bemba associates
Against journalists and their
defenders
Government Responsibility
Government Response
Lukansu commission
Cover-up
Judicial investigations of Bemba
V. Crackdown on the BDK in Bas Congo
February 2007 Violence
Flawed gubernatorial elections
Quelling BDK protests
Government response
March 2008 Violence
Build-up to renewed violence
Police operation against the BDK
Cover-up again
MONUC investigation
Threats against Other Politicians
from Bas Congo
VI. Applicable Legal Standards
International Human Rights Law..
International Humanitarian Law..
Congolese Law..
VII. The Role of the International
Community
International Donors
Economic concerns take priority
The Belgians take the lead
The UN Peacekeeping Mission, MONUC
UN Human Rights Envoys
The Deficiency in International
Attention to Congo
Acknowledgments
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