12 March 2007
Press Release
Five Congolese and British non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have denounced the transfer of Colonel Eddy Nzabi Mbombo, the military prosecutor in the Kilwa trial, as an obstruction of the judicial process.
“The Kilwa trial represents a litmus test of the new government’s resolve to end impunity. The big question is will the trial be allowed to take its course free from any political pressure?” said Tricia Feeney, executive director of RAID.
The Kilwa trial concerns summary executions, torture, rape and looting carried out by the Congolese Armed Forces during an operation to suppress a small-scale rebellion in the town of Kilwa, in southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in October 2004.
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