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massacres

1.1

"The Congo Tribunal is at the service of the Congolese people, one of the richest nations in human history."

Milo Rau (artistic director) is an author and artistic director of the International Institute of Political Murder (IIPM) and initiator of the "Congo Tribunal".

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3.2

"People from Walikale do not profit from the wealth of raw materials."

Witness B (witness, Bukavu) is a former rebel soldier from the Sheka group that controlled the mine of Bisie.

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4.1

"MONUSCO has betrayed its mandate."

Witness J (witness, Bukavu) survivor of the Mutarule massacre.

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4.2

"The government has not tried everything to stop these conflicts."

Christine Kapalata (witness, Bukavu) only 3 days after the massacre in Mutarule, she agreed to make a statement on behalf of the UNO-mission. At that time, she was the Chief of Political Affairs of the MONUSCO office in Bukavu. In this position, she was mediating between political leaders and ethnic communities.

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4.4

"Mutarule is not the first case of inability, passivity and powerlessness of the UN mission."

Luc Henkinbrant (witness and expert, Bukavu) was the regional director of the MONUSCO-office in Bukavu until 2011. Currently, he works as a professor at the University of Bukavu, leading different research projects on the lack of law enforcement in this region.

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6.3

"The idea to protect themselves and the community by militias arises in the minds of the people."

Sylvestre Bisimwa (investigator-in-charge, Bukavu / Berlin) is a lawyer in a mass rape trial committed by the Congolese army in the city of Minova. It is, at present, the only process of this kind. He regularly acts as lawyer at the International Court of Justice in Den Haag.

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