Democratic Republic of Congo

August 2002 Vol. 14, No 6 (A)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

WAR CRIMES IN KISANGANI:
The Response of Rwandan-backed Rebels to the May 2002 Mutiny

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II. RECOMMENDATIONS

To the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma

To the Government of Rwanda

To the United Nations Security Council

To the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

To the International Community

III. BACKGROUND

Kisangani in the Congo War

Rwandan Responsibility

Applicable Legal Standards

Photo one: Youth belonging to the “Bana Etats-Unis” group [pdf]

Start of the Mutiny

Radio Broadcasts

Killings by Mutineers

The End of the Mutiny

Figure one: Map with location of events described in report [pdf]

Photo two: Victim Raymond Temba [pdf]

Photo three: Victim Beatrice Mbutu [pdf]

Photo four: Victim Camille Mongamba [pdf]

Photo five: Victims Ernest Mongbanga Lingule and Isaac Isabo Lotika [pdf]

V. THE CRACKDOWN

Command Structure

Killings, Rapes, and Looting in the Civilian Mangobo Neighborhood

Looting and Extortion

Invisible Victims: Children Affected by Trauma

Photo six: the Tshopo bridge [pdf]

Summary Executions at the Tshopo Bridge

Killings on May 14 and 15

Evidence of the Killings and Attempts to Hide It

Other Locations of Killings

Detentions and Treatment of Detainees

Response of the RCD

VI. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

United Nations Security Council

U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC)

Reaction of the RCD to UN Initiatives

U.N. Commissioner On Human Rights

The Present Situation

VII. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS