Press Release
Petition Calling for Compensation of Victims of Sexual Violence in Eastern DR Congo
"We urge the International Community especially the United States, United Kingdom,
France, Belgium, German, UN General Secretary, the UN Security Council...
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Press Release
Petition Calling for Compensation of Victims of Sexual Violence in Eastern DR Congo
"We urge the International Community especially the United States, United Kingdom,
France, Belgium, German, UN General Secretary, the UN Security Council
members,European Union and African Union to pressure the Congolese Authorities to
Compensate Victims of Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC"
Sacramento, California, March 18, 2009.
The Mobilization for Justice and Peace in
Congo (MPJC) has announced the launch of a global campaign to collect signatures to
urge the international community to put pressure on president Kabila, the Congolese
government and the Congole Parliament to take urgent action to compensate victims
of sexual violence crimes in East of DR Congo.
The petition can be signed at
http://www.
gopetition.
com.
au/online/26180.
html
According to Makuba Sekombo, Director of Community Affairs of MJPC, "despite legal
provisions, the government of DR Congo has not yet created a formal
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