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M23 Seizes Masisi As Congo Threatens Journalists With Death, Executes 172
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/m23-seizes-masisi-as-congo-threatens-journalists-with-death-executes-172/12/01/2025/
#Issues #WalikaleTshisekedi #Angenga #Congo #DRC #Goma #Kinshasa #Kivu #Masisi #Mutamba #Rwanda #Malanga ©January 12th, 2025 ®January 12, 2025 9:15 pm M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo early this year advanced and seized the town of Masisi, same period the Congolese government sent 172 death row prisoners to executioners with 102 already confirmed executed while the government kept mum on the third batch of 70 prisoners including the May 19, 2024 37 coup plotters who were convicted and sentenced to death in September, 2024 just as the country Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba threatened journalists with death penalty if they relayed the activities of armed group he described as Rwanda army and its M23 auxiliaries. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of
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Congo early this year Advanced and
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seized the town of Mesi s perial the
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conges government sent 172 death roow
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prisoners to execution as with 102
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already confirmed executed while the
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government kept mom on the third batch
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of 70 prisoners including the May 19
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2024 37 cou plotters who were convicted
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and sentenced to death in September 2024
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just as the country Minister of Justice
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constant mut are threatened journalists
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with death penalty if the relent the
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activities of armed group he described
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as Rwanda Army and its M23
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auxiliaries on Sunday Al jazer reported
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that the M23 Rebels and the Congolese
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Army are still in heavy gun battle in
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maissi since the rebel group took
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control of the Town more than a week ago
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Al jazer report on Sunday contradicted
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the statement issued 3 days ago by the
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conges Minister of Justice constant mut
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the Congolese Army and the pr government
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Rebels have recaptured the town of
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maissi from the M23 Rebels on his ex
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social media handled 3 days ago the
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Congo Justice Minister constant muta
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tweeted in a French language as
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translated by Google to state that Bravo
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to our armed forces of Democratic
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Republic of Congo FC and rebel group
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fighting together with Congo military
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against M23 was Alando for the recapture
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of maissi the enemy is in dis array any
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political actor Civil Society journalist
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religious who rela the activities of the
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Rwandan Army and its M23 auxiliaries
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will now suffer the full force of the
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law death penalty our territorial
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Integrity is not up for sale it would be
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recalled that 37 alleged cou plotters
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including three Americans were convicted
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and sentenced to death in September to
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2024 by a Kinshasa military Court in a
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trial against the F CP of May 19 2024 in
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the Democratic Republic of the kungo
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DRC 51 people were Tried by the military
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Court in kinasa the capital of DRC with
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the hearings broadcast on National
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Television the three Americans sentenced
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to death were convicted for the offenses
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of criminal Association attack and
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terrorism including Mel Malanga son of
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Christian manga the alleged leader of
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the attempted coup DRC Army stated that
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an attempted CP led by little known
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opponent Christian Malanga was kned in
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the board early May 19th
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2024 six people including Christian
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Malanga himself were killed the poas
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attacked the residents of vital caming
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then Deputy Prime Minister before
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intruding the P de la Nation
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where the offices of DRC president Felix
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tii are located videos posted online
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showed the attackers dressed in military
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uniforms and displaying the Z flag
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claimed in the video that the wanted to
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change things in the management of the
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Republic zya officially the Republic of
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zya was the name of the Democratic
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Republic of Congo DRC from 1971 to
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1997 Christian Malanga formed the United
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Congolese party in 2010 and advocated
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for the return of zya in 2017 he created
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a government in Exile in Brussels
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Belgium giving birth to the so-called
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new Zia Marcel Malanga who was born in
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Utah United States and two other
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Americans stood trial and they were
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sentenced to death M23 Rebels and group
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the government of Democratic Republic of
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Congo claimed is allegedly supported by
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Rwanda have taken control of maissi a
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key town in eastern Congo exacerbating
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the Region's ongoing humanitarian crisis
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the town is estimated to be home to
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around 40,000 people and it is
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Agricultural and mineral Rich area
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located in North K Province local
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observers said that the culture follows
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the breakdown of Angola mediated peace
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talks between conges president phelix
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tishi and Rwandan president Paul kagame
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in December
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2024 while the M23 rebels fighting has
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built more tension the koles government
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says it has executed 102 men in the past
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week with plans to execute 70 more
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constant mber the country's Minister of
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Justice stated in a statement that 45
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were killed in late December 2024 with
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57 executed in early January
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2025 he sent the men aged 18 to35 where
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armed robers and orand bandits known
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locally as kolers Newber added that the
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executions took place at angena prison
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in Northwest Congo a video posted online
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showed a flight of 7 more people arrived
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at enger but the government is yet to
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comment on the status of the prisoners
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mber who is overseeing the executions
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said the third batch will be executed so
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the first two have already undergone the
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measure of execution by the death
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penalty while some have welcomed the
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government's decision to execute the
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prisoners as a means of restoring order
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and Security in the cities others are
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concerned about the risks of abuse and
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human rights
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violations it may be remembered that
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Congo abolished the death penalty in
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1981 but it was was reated in
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2006 the last execution took place in
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2003 in March
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2024 the Congolese government announced
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the resumption of capital
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executions the reinstated death penalty
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was intended for military personnel
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accused of treason according to close
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Watchers Amnesty International while
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condemning the execution of the
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prisoners issued a press statement and
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stated that President Tish must hold
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plans to carry out Mass
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executions responding to reports that
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more than 170 people under sentence of
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death have been transferred to agenda
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prison for execution in the Democratic
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Republic of Congo DRC amnesty
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International's Deputy Regional director
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for East and Southern Africa Sarah
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Jackson said the announcement of this
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prising transfers is absolutely
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appalling We Fear imminent Mass
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executions by the authorities am made a
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lack of reliable information about the
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status of people sentenced to death
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President Felix tii must immediately
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publicly and unambiguously hold any
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plans to execute people in angena prison
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or elsewhere parament should adopt a
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moratorium on executions pending full
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abolition of the death penalty we feir
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imminent Mass executions by the
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authorities am made a lack of reliable
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information about the status of people
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sent sentenced to death authorities must
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also stop Mass transfers to remote
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prisons including engender where dozens
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of detes have previously died of
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starvation and disease any person
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transferred from the local area must be
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moved to a facility that can be easily
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reached by lawyers relatives and human
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rights organizations and all should be
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informed of their whereabouts Amnesty
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International added that on the 5th of
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January 2025
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drc's Justice Minister constant mut
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announced that more than 170 people
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allegedly linked to criminal guns
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commonly known as kulana or Bandits had
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been transferred from the capital kinasa
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to Anga prison in Northwest DRC for
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execution he said those transferred to
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angena where between 18 and 35 years old
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and had been involved in Oban violence
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authorities have claimed resuming
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executions would help of an guns a claim
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unsupported by any evidence president
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Felix TI must immediately publicly and
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unambiguously hold any plans to execute
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people in angena prison or elsewhere
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mutanga has previously threatened people
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suspected of links to criminal guns with
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arrest conviction and the death penalty
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even before trial in March
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2024 drc's government announced it would
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resume execution ions following a two
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decade haos since then death sentences
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by military courts have soled this
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sentences often follow on F trials
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including against alleged members of
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criminal guns and armed groups Amnesty
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International opposes the death penalty
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in all cases Justice Minister constant
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muta also during the week tweeted and
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stated in on X social media handle that
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I have not given an interview to any
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media much less to they up on the
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operations to combat ofan banditry zeroa
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indu that the ministry of the interior
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and the ministry of Justice are
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conducting across the country the AP
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dispatch revealed false information I
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invite them to correct it in accordance
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with the law on freedom of the press
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Congolese laws provide for the death
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penalty and the mechanisms for its
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execution the kuna Oran Bandits tried
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and sentenced to death by our cult were
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transferred to high security prisons far
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from their place of arrest to serve
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their sentence in accordance with
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congales laws this phenomenon of obang
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guns led to the overthrow of the hesan
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regime probably due to the absence of
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consistent mod of repression and
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dissuasion we will show foundings
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against the Kula who will be arrested
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and brought before the courts because
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the S death and desolation in society
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vaa couron AP also reported that the
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Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday
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B Al jazer Satellite News Network over
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its interview with the leader of a
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violent Rebel group that has seized
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territory in the country's East in
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recent days separately the Justice
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Minister threatened journalists and
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others who report on the M23 Rebels with
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the death penalty though there is no
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officially Banning media from covering
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Rebel groups there was no immediate
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comment from Al
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a pan Arab satellite television news
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network based in Doha Kata according to
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DRC government spokesperson Patrick
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muaya authorities revoked press
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credentials of qatar's broadcaster in
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DRC saying the network had interviewed
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the head of a terror organization
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without proper
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accreditation Al jazer on Wednesday
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heard an interview with beran Bima the
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head of the M23 Rebel movement in the
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Eastern Dr
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in the interview biman blamed the
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government in the capital Kinshasa for
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violating an August cire and claimed
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that M23 is waging an existential War
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M23 is the most prominent of more than
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100 armed groups active in the mineral
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Rich area near the DRC border with
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Rwanda where more than 1 million people
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were displaced by fighting last year a
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decade ago the group SS the Border City
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of G
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and in late 2021 captured broad swarts
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of territory in eastern DRC Al jaz's
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interview with Bima was tantamount to an
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apology for terrorism and totally
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unacceptable muaya told in news
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conference urging journalists not to
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give the floor to terrorists as earlier
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the's Justice Minister constant mutas
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said on the social media platform ex
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that anyone who reports on the activi of
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the Rwandan Army and its M23 auxiliaries
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will now suffer the full force of the
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law death penalty the great Le IM media
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also analyzed the significance of the
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M23 control of maissi and its
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consequences to the congales Army as
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reported ver below the first weekend of
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2025 saw M23 sees two more towns in
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North kibo Province maissi Center and
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lur were taken by the rebels after heavy
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CL es with the conges Army Coalition
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analysts say that one of the towns means
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a lot in the escalating armed conflict
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populated with about 40,000 residents
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maissi Center is the capital of maissi
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territory it is about 80 km north of GMA
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the capital of North kibu given its
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geographical location maissi Center has
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been a supply area for the congales Army
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Coalition their Logistics foot stops and
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Anan were sent there before they were
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distributed to different bases by
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capturing maissi Center M23 Rebels have
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cut off supplies to the vast koles army
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coalitional forces they are likely to
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withdraw as the can't stay in their
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positions while supplies cannot reach
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them said a security analyst and
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journalist based in GMA security
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analysts predict that the rebels are
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likely to move forward toally an area
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that has been stronghold of the fdlr
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genocidal militia which Kinshasa treats
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as a reliable fighting force against
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M23 despite support from the burundian
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Army sadc troops Eastern European
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mercenaries American private military
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companies and fdlr the Congolese Army
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failed to push back M23 since its
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Resurgence in late 2021
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for as bringing you the needs in a more
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