General Bosco Ntaganda has a new website

Jan. 20, 2009 - PRLog -- The site of the rebel commander who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for war crimes is www.arrestNTAGANDAnow.org, announced Makuba SEKOMBO, Director of Community Affairs for the Mobilization for Justice and Peace in Congo (MJPC).

In addition to exposing the sad truth of his war crimes and the arrest warrants of the ICC, the site is also designed to encourage citizens around the world to sign an online petition calling for UN force Congo (MONUC) to help arrest this war criminal who is deemed to have inflicted unbearable suffering to civilians in eastern Congo, including children and women. The petition may be signed at http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/24459.html

"We call upon the Congolese officials and in particular the UN force in Congo (MONUC) to take prompt action to enforce the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against NTAGANDA accused of recruiting children under 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities and other unspeakable cruelty, "said Mr. SEKOMBO.

According to Human Rights Watch, troops under the command of Ntaganda killed civilians ethnic Lendu and Ngiti in the village of Songolo in 2002 and attacked the gold mining town of Mongbwalu where 800 civilians died. Ntaganda is also accused of having an authority exercised de jure and de facto in the training camps of child soldiers Bule, Central, Mandro, Rwampara, Irumu, Bogoro and Sota.

In April 2005, the DRC authorities have issued an arrest warrant against Ntaganda, who is accused of having committed crimes of torture, murder, illegal detention and arbitrary arrests. Ntaganda was also involved in incidents involving members of the peacekeeping in 2004, including the kidnapping of a Moroccan as well as the murder of a Kenyan. He was also involved in the murder of two aid workers

MJPC requests the United Nations in Congo (MONUC) to stop encouraging the current system of rewarding war criminals by giving them government posts high level because it is encouraging others to commit crimes, particularly in eastern Congo.
 
MJPC firmly maintains that the international laws which require that persons responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity be held accountable for their crimes must not be adjusted in the Congo. For this reason, any attempt to grant an unconditional amnesty to NTAGANDA or NKUNDA is unacceptable and must be avoided, even under the AMANI peace deal.
About the MJPC
MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the east where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and Women continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain unpunished.
   
For more information on NTAGANDA and his war crimes, please visit www.arrestNTAGANDAnow.org or call Makuba Sekombo at 1 408 806 3644. Current online petitions can be signed at the  following addresses: http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/24459.html (for NTAGANDA) and http://www.gopetition.com/online/23604.html (for NKUNDA )

You can also visit the Museum in Line for Victims of War in Congo at http://www.yoursilenceoncongo.org to see the unacceptable  barbarity  the war that has killed more than 6 million people over the past 10 years.

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MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in particular in the east where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain unpunished.