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A preliminary United Nations investigation determined that at least 131 civilians were executed. [29] However, in its annual report published on 7 February 2023, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) documented the summary execution of at least 171 people in Bambo and Kishishe between 21 and 30 November 2022.
Per a decree passed in 1898, people found guilty of civilian crimes are executed by hanging, while military crimes are punished with execution by shooting. The DRC penal code permits the President to designate the method of execution. In 1936, a law was passed forbidding the photographing of executions; public executions are forbidden in the ...
Some 102 men were executed by the Congolese government in the past week, and 70 more are set to be executed, the country’s minister of justice said Sunday. Congo executes 102 ‘urban bandits ...
Goma, a major city of more than a million people, was captured after the Rwanda-backed M23 executed a rapid advance through eastern DR Congo. The city was plunged into chaos, with bodies lying in ...
Last week the U.N. human rights office said M23 fighters summarily executed three children in Bukavu, the region's second-largest city which fell earlier this month.
The International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is an ongoing investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the Second Congo War and its aftermath, including the Ituri and Kivu conflicts. [1]
The U.N. voices concern over alleged atrocities as Rwandan-backed rebels reportedly advance after seizing the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For people of DRC nationality who were executed, see Category:Executed Democratic Republic of the Congo people. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.