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Viewing cable 08KINSHASA9, UNHRO reports continued deficiencies

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KINSHASA9 2008-01-07 15:07 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO6121
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0009 0071507
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 071507Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7333
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000009 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
SUBJECT:    UNHRO reports continued deficiencies 
            in Congolese justice 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) 
Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for October 2007, 
released November 28, 2007, describes numerous violations 
highlighting the inadequacies of the country's justice system at all 
levels including the police, the courts, and the prisons.  This 
message summarizes a number of representative cases.  End Summary 
 
2. (U) In its October Human Rights Report, UNHRO reported a 
sustained pattern of human rights violations at many different 
levels of society and in all regions of the DRC.  Three 
representative cases implicate a senior Congolese general in the 
abuse of military magistrates, National Police (PNC) officers in the 
harassment and illegal detention of political activists and 
journalists, and prison officials in deficient prison management and 
security. 
 
3. (U) General Jean-Claude Kifwa, Commander of the 9th Military 
Region and a cousin of President Kabila, and his security detail 
attempted to arrest three military magistrates in Kisangani, 
Orientale province on September 30, 2007.  One of the magistrates 
managed to escape.  The soldiers stripped and severely beat the 
other two in front of their families and took them to the Katele 
military camp, where they were again beaten.  The following day, 
they put the two on public display during a military parade 
organized by Kifwa.  When released, the victims were admitted to the 
hospital in serious condition, where they remained for 10 days. 
 
4. (U) On October 2, all civilian and military magistrates in 
Kisangani went on strike and signed a memorandum addressed to 
President Kabila condemning the use of torture and cruel and 
inhumane treatment as well as the violation of independence of the 
judiciary by senior military commanders.  They also called for the 
suspension of General Kifwa and his subordinates and that they be 
brought to justice.  The strike was called off after two weeks. 
 
5. (U) Three delegations from Kinshasa investigated the case:  two 
military delegations and one composed of the justice and human 
rights ministers.  To date, none of the groups has released a 
report.  General Kifwa and his security detail have not been 
sanctioned.  All three magistrates have resumed work.  UNHRO told 
poloff they had been arrested and beaten because they had objected 
to two pending cases being tried in military, instead of civilian, 
courts. 
 
6. (U) On October 30, officers of the Congolese National Police 
(PNC) in Kinshasa broke up a planned march organized by parties not 
represented in Parliament.  They had planned to march 500 meters to 
deliver a memorandum to the National Assembly, but appear to have 
ignored legal procedures requiring five days advance written notice 
for demonstrations. 
 
7. (U) However, according to Congolese NGO "Journalistes En Danger" 
(JED), PNC officers arrested not only march organizers Gaston Dindo 
and Moise Moni Dela of Jean-Pierre Bemba's former electoral platform 
l'Union pour la Nation (UN), but 11 other journalists as well.  JED 
claimed the officers beat the journalists severely for an hour, 
ostensibly for attempting to cover the event.  The officers then put 
them into trucks and stripped them of all their belongings.  The 
officers released the 11 after detaining them for an additional 
hour. 
 
8. (U) Throughout the month of October, there were mass escapes from 
prisons and holding cells in many areas of the DRC, including 
Katanga, Orientale, and Equateur provinces.  On October 15 an 
attempted escape in Buluwo, Katanga resulted in five deaths, 
including three security force members, and 11 wounded.  The escape 
and subsequent violence were triggered by a decision by the Acting 
Deputy Director of the prison to provide the PNC and FARDC prison 
guards with food from the inmates' food stocks, which had been 
donated by the governor.  On October 16-17 a group of 14 inmates 
escaped from Mahagi Central Prison in Orientale.  In Gemena, 
Orientale 10 men escaped from the local prison October 17-18.  On 
October 21-22, ten suspects escaped from a PNC holding cell in 
Thedeja, Orientale.  Five inmates escaped from Gbadolite Central 
Prison in Equateur during the period October 16-22. 
 
9. (SBU) Comment: The weakness of the Congolese justice system at 
all levels means few individuals are held accountable for their 
actions.  This impunity is a prime contributing factor to continued 
human rights violations.  Without the political will to hold 
individuals to account, this situation is likely to continue. End 
Comment. 
 
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