Indeed, 539 violations were recorded in January compared to December 2020, period during which 572 violations had been made, it is what is showed a fall of 6%.
For the BCNUDH, this reduction reflects a fall of about 25% of the number of violations attributable to FARDC soldiers in particular in Tanganyika but also in Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Ituri.
"The numbers of infringements of the human rights by the armed groups during January were falling of about 7% compared to December.
On the whole of the territory, the government officials are responsible for 49% of the violations, with the extrajudicial executions of at least 28 people, including three women and two children, while 51% were made by combatants of armed groups of which summary executions of at least 149 people, including 39 women and eight children ", BCNUDH reported.
Corneille Kinsala Nsoki CKS
Corneille Kinsala N’soki
(CKS/Yes)