Charge against President of the DRC Hyppolite KANAMBE, alias Joseph KABILA at the International Criminal Court in the Hague
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Fribourg (ots)
- Indication: The Annexes: 11AIDE Association, Text of the
criminal charges filed at the ICC in The Hague, Acknowledgement
of receipt of the TPI can be downloaded under
http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100015183 -Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The humanitarian association 11AIDE, with its headquarters located in Vernay (Fribourg), has filed a charge with the International Criminal Court in The Hague, accusing Hyppolite KANAMBE, alias Joseph KABILA, current President of the DRC, of the charge of violation of Articles 6, 7and 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression.
With its headquarters in Switzerland, a neutral country, 11AIDE (Assistance Interactive pour la Démocratie et l'Education), is a humanitarian association working for the 11 Provinces of the DRC. It has gathered extensive information on serious crimes committed by President Hyppolite KANAMBE, alias Joseph KABILA. This information is compiled in a damning, 7-page report summarising the accounts of direct witnesses, victims or parents who still reside in the DRC, some of them in detention, others occupying political and military posts close to the Presidency. Hence, the need to protect their identity in view of the danger of reprisals.
1st charge filed, concerning: crimes against humanity - war crimes - crimes of aggression
The charge concerns, in particular, certain 'operations' sponsored by Hyppolite KANAMBE, alias Joseph KABILA, before and during his leadership of the police and army. We are referring to solitary confinement, imprisonment, torture, assassinations, death squads, cleansing operations, etc. since 1998. There have been thousands of anonymous deaths, but the criminal charges relate only to a certain number of abuses with dates and names of the executioners and the victims.
2nd charge being prepared: planned and carried out sexual violence
Even though international opinion continues relentlessly to
denounce it, the sexual violence and torture perpetrated in the east
of the DRC by the personal army ('the GR') of Hyppolite KANAMBE,
alias Joseph KABILA, in connivance with Rwanda, is planned and
carried out to rid the rich eastern provinces of their population who
survived the previous wars of aggression in Rwanda and Uganda.
Recently, several groups of sexually assaulted women have requested
that 11AIDE file a charge with the International Criminal Court in
The Hague.3rd charge being prepared: organised crime - trafficking of radioactive materials - money laundering
Even though this country is the richest in Africa, taking into account all natural resources and minerals, it is also the poorest country in the world. Its GDP (estimated in 2007 at $300 per year and per inhabitant, which is about CHF 1 per day) does not benefit its population, estimated at 66.5 million inhabitants, who have had no access to medical care or education for over 10 years. At present, life expectancy of Congolese men and women has dropped below 54 years. However, the ruling powers and the companies continue to illegally exploit the masses, enriching themselves without limit ...
The investigations underway are exploring this volatile crisis from three perspectives:
- The generalised and carried out corruption by the criminal organisation of Hyppolite KANAMBE, who is merely a continuation of Mobutuism. His political party, the PPRD, is a 'hybrid of Mobutuism'!
Moreover, all internal opposition, no matter how weak, is immediately suppressed in bloodshed, the freedom of the press and opinion no longer exists (The DRC is in fourth place in the press repression index).
- The trafficking of uranium... On the back of a constant war of aggression and permanent paramilitary occupation, Hyppolite KANAMBE continues to supply terrorists with radioactive materials.
- Money laundering and financial fraud is at its height amongst the hard core Congolese and foreigners who manage and advise Hyppolite KANAMBE's questionable transactions in Europe and Switzerland.
A press conference will be held, in the presence of Congolese criminal investigators, in Fribourg on Monday 26 May (10.30) at the NH Fribourg Hotel (Grand-Place 14).
The Annexes: - 11 AIDE Association - Text of the criminal charges filed at the ICC in The Hague - Acknowledgement of receipt of the TPI can be downloaded under http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100015183
Contact:
Gérard DUCARROZ
Secrétaire
Fax: +41/26/477'31'31
E-Mail: g.ducarroz@dim-sim.ch
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Press conference 11AIDE:
Charge against President of the DRC Hyppolite KANAMBE, alias Joseph
KABILA at the International Criminal Court in the Hague
Date: 26 May 2008 on 10:30
Place: NH Fribourg Hotel (Grand-Place 14)
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