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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA422, MONUC PUSHES GDRC TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WITH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA422 2007-04-11 16:05 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO1583
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0422/01 1011605
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 111605Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5956
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000422 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV KPKO CG
SUBJECT: MONUC PUSHES GDRC TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WITH 
RELEASE OF SECOND 2006 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary:  MONUC characterized its human rights 
findings for the second half of 2006 as a matter of "grave 
concern."  It documented a substantial increase in the number 
of politically motivated incidents during the electoral 
period, a decrease in the proportion of human rights 
violations committed by the Congolese army, and an increase 
in the number of human rights violations by the police. 
Congolese ministers promised to issue "zero tolerance" 
messages on human rights and to create follow-up committees 
to discuss MONUC's monthly human rights reports.  End summary. 
 
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MONUC Meets with Ministries on Human Rights Situation in DRC 
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2.  (SBU) MONUC Deputy Special Representative to the 
Secretary General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios and DRC UN Human 
 
SIPDIS 
Rights Office Director Fernando Castanon presented on March 
12 the MONUC Human Rights Office report for the period July 
to December 2006 to newly-appointed Defense Minister Chikez 
Diemu and Human Rights Minister Eugene Ilwaaloma .  According 
to Castanon, both ministers called the human rights situation 
in the DRC "critical" and stressed the importance of MONUC 
assistance in the fight against impunity.  Ilwaaloma said he 
would create a mechanism for working with MONUC on human 
rights cases.  Chikez pledged to make a public statement of 
zero tolerance for human rights violations committed by the 
army.  He pledged to create a follow-up committee to include 
MONUC representatives and high-level Defense, FARDC, and 
military justice officials to review monthly MONUC reports on 
FARDC human rights violations. 
 
3.  (SBU) Castanon also met with Interior Minister Denis 
Kalume on March 14 to discuss human rights violations by 
Congolese police (PNC).  He told us Kalume agreed to issue a 
"zero tolerance circular" to all provincial police inspectors 
and to instruct the Special Services branch of the Kinshasa 
police, implicated in politically motivated illegal detention 
and mistreatment, to act in accordance with human rights 
standards.  Kalume promised to ensure unhindered access for 
MONUC human rights investigators to the Special Services' Kin 
Maziere Detention Facility and to create a follow-up 
committee of MONUC representatives and high-level Interior 
Ministry and police officials. 
 
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Politically Motivated Incidents Rose During Elections 
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4.  (U) The report, entitled "The Human Rights Situation in 
the Democratic Republic of Congo," was published by the 
United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO).  It noted a 
marked increase in politically motivated arbitrary arrests 
from the beginning of the first electoral campaign in July 
2006, particularly in Kinshasa.  The office investigated 170 
political arrests and found that most were followed by ill 
treatment and torture of detainees.  The main perpetrators, 
according to the report, were the Republican Guard, the 
National Intelligence Agency (ANR), the PNC (especially its 
Special Services branch), and the private guard force of 
Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. 
 
5.  Per the report, the Republican Guard was responsible for 
more than 100 cases of torture and/or cruel, inhuman, and 
degrading treatment of civilians thought to be supporters of 
Bemba's MLC party.  Most ANR violations involved illegal 
detention.  The Police Special Services were accused of 
carrying out most politically sensitive arrests in the 
capital.  It regularly detained people beyond the legal time 
limit, was responsible for torture and ill treatment, and 
systematically denied detainees visits from lawyers and 
family members.  Bemba's personal guard forces also carried 
out a number of illegal detentions in Kinshasa, which were 
often followed by ill treatment and torture. 
 
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FARDC Violations Decrease as a Percentage of All Violations 
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6.  (U) The report found that cases involving the Congolese 
army had decreased from 53 percent of all human rights 
violations from January to June 2006 to 40 percent of all 
human rights violations from July to December 2006.  This was 
not because of any improvement in FARDC behavior but because 
of a large increase in police violations.  The report noted 
 
KINSHASA 00000422  002 OF 002 
 
 
that the FARDC continued to be responsible for summary 
executions, torture, rape, arbitrary arrest, and intimidation 
of civilian exercising their political rights.  These 
violations frequently involved high-ranking FARDC officers, 
none of whom had been brought to trial by the time of the 
report's release.  In particular, UNHRO found that FARDC 
human rights violators continue to be appointed and promoted. 
 UNHRO reported FARDC soldiers throughout the country 
committed acts of abuse of power, attempted to illegally 
carry out law enforcement activities, and erected illegal 
check points to extort money and food from civilians. 
 
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PNC Violations Increase 
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7.  (U) According to the report, the number of human rights 
violations committed by the PNC increased in the second half 
of 2006 by 15 percent, from 24 percent to 39 percent of all 
violations.  In addition to the politically motivated arrests 
noted above, there was an increase in the number of mass 
rapes of women and girls committed by police officers 
throughout the country.  UNHRO reported that PNC officers 
carried out arbitrary arrests of civilians and often subject 
them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or torture. 
They were also reportedly involved in human rights abuses 
related to the illegal exploitation of natural resources in 
North and South Kivu and Katanga provinces. 
 
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Justice Denied by Condition of DRC Prisons 
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8.  (U) Efforts to bring human rights violators to justice 
were "invalidated by the dilapidated state of national 
penitentiary facilities, which facilitated prison escapes," 
according to the report.  Dring the second half of 2006, at 
least 429 detaiees, including some convicted of serious 
human rghts violations, escaped from prisons and detention 
centers throughout the country.  Some escapes wee due to the 
condition of the facilities or neglgence, others to the 
assistance of guards and prson authorities.  Those 
incarcerated faced "appaling" detention conditions: lack of 
electricity, food, drinking water, and basic medical care. 
Deahs due to malnutrition were regularly reported to NHRO. 
 
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Comment 
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9.  (SBU) he MONUC report is credible and well-documented,and it paints a stark picture of the serious human ights 
violation in the DRC.  Previous engagementby MONUC to engage 
with the Transitional Government produced little change in 
the human rights situation.  With an elected overnment, 
however, officials can be held accounable for failing to 
protect the human rights of itizens.  Post will monitor the 
follow-through o ministers on their commitments in this 
area.  End comment. 
MEECE