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| Louise Arbour: I'm encouraged by the mobilization of civil society in the fight against impunity | |
MONUC - May 16, 2007 | |
 | United Nations High Commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour spoke on May 15 2007 on the UN radio in the DRC- Radio Okapi - on issues relating to the fight against impunity and the reform of the justice system in the DRC, as well as sexual violence against women. |
| Security Council extends UN peacekeeping force in DR Congo until year's end | |
UN News - May 15, 2007 | |
 | Aiming to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) cement stability, the Security Council today extended the deployment of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there until the end of this year. |
| Violations of human rights common - Arbour | |
IRIN - May 15, 2007 | |
 | Serious human rights violations take place almost daily with total impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, on a visit to the country this week. |
| Violations of human rights common - Arbour | |
IRIN - May 15, 2007 | |
 | Serious human rights violations take place almost daily with total impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, on a visit to the country this week. |
| Louise Arbour to visit Kinshasa this Sunday May 13th | |
MONUC - May 11, 2007 | |
| The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour will make a five-day working visit to the DR of Congo on May 13 2007. During her visit, Ms. Arbour will meet with President Kabila and other political authorities. |
| Congolese Mixed Forces Blamed in North Kivu Attacks | |
VOA News - May 10, 2007 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. officials say they are working on improving the conduct of so-called mixed military brigades that include former rebel forces. The former rebel and militia fighters have been accused of abusing civilians and escalating violence in the region of North Kivu. |
| Dozens killed in army operation against Rwandan rebels | |
IRIN - May 4, 2007 | |
 | Dozens of Rwandan rebels have been killed in heavy fighting with government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) eastern North Kivu province since Wednesday, a senior military officer said. |
| Report: Congo among worst in the world on press freedom | |
CPJ - May 2, 2007 | |
 | Three nations in sub-Saharan Africa are among the places worldwide where press freedom has deteriorated the most over the last five years, a new analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found. |
| MONUC assisting the displaced population in the East | |
MONUC - May 2, 2007 | |
 | At its weekly press conference on May 2 2007, MONUC declared that it is continuing identification missions of the displacement zones in North and South Kivu following the military operations by the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) against the Democratic Forces for the liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). |
| Congo Military Tribunal Acquits Woman of Inciting Supreme Court Arson | |
VOA News - April 30, 2007 | |
 | A military tribunal in Democratic Republic of Congo has acquitted a woman accused of inciting the arson of the Supreme Court. The trial against opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba's lawyer, has been a test case for human rights in Congo, as Franz Wild reports for VOA from Kinshasa. |
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