Friday, December 23 - Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked entry to a stadium where the main opposition leader planned to inaugurate himself as president. Read more

ARE THESE YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE ? IF YES THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
THEY ARE HOSTING A HEARING ON "U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo" Thurs., Feb., 2, 2012

CONTACT THEM ABOUT THE D.R. CONGO

If you live in the following states - Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire, Illinois, Delaware, New Mexico, Tennessee, Idaho, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia, Wyoming, and Utah - we need your support in calling your senators and posting info on their facebook page about the situation in the Congo.

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Loudoun County, Virginia
Film Screening and Presentation
Film: Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth
Presentation by Kambale Musavuli, Spokesperson, Friends of the Congo
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Loudoun County Public Library

On October 1, 2010, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published the official report on the United Nations Mapping Exercise, which documents atrocities, human rights abuses and crimes against humanity committed in the Congo from 1993 - 2003. The report was delayed by a month due to a leaked version that indicated that the Rwanda Patriotic Front might have committed genocide in the Congo.

The UN delayed the publishing of the report to give governments implicated in the atrocities more time to comment on the report, especially Rwanda who rejected the notion that it may have committed genocide in the Congo.

Visit the FOTC UN Mapping Exercise Report resource center to download the report, read comments from the governments named in the report, read the latest news and analysis, watch and listen to interviews and read responses from figures such as Bill Clinton and institutions such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, and Global Witness. Not so surprisingly, the genocide prevention institutions in Washington have been remarkably silent on the contents of the report and the call by the Congolese people for justice. more>>