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Balancing the Scales of Justice for the of Victims Sexual Violence in Kivu
Added: (Tue Feb 05 2008)
The newly launched Rally for the Independence of Kivu (R.I.K.) www.rikivu.org threatens to declare the independence of Kivu if Kinshasa fails to end the violence in the provinces of Kivu (Maniema, North & South Kivu) where increasingly sexual violence has become another undeclared war perpetrated by all warring parties against the civilian population.
Among other things, the Rally for the Independence of Kivu (R.I.K.)
is demanding the Government of the DR Congo to:
•end the unacceptable violence immediately in the provinces of Kivu,
•implement a Sexual Violent Victims Compensation Assistance Program
that will offer sexual violence community prevention education,
monetary compensation and life-term free medical insurance (physical
and psychological) to victims and families of sexual violence in the
provinces of Kivu,
•bring to justice perpetrators of sexual violence without excuses to
ensure that those guilty of committing sexual violent are dealt with
seriously and
•stop the insanity of rewarding violent criminals by appointing the
powerful ones to government posts.
According to the spokesperson of RIK, Amede Kyubwa, "the cycle of
violence that engulfed the provinces of Kivu since 1996 has been
deliberately exacerbated by the guilty inability of Kinshasa to
bring perpetrators to justice." RIK calls upon to Kinshasa to
restore peace and security in the provinces of Kivu where impunity
has become institutionalized, even though not officially
recognized. "We strongly believe that rewarding sexual violent
criminals is encouraging them and denying justice to millions of
children and women victims of sexual violence and rape in the
provinces of Kivu
For more information about RIK, please visit www.rikivu.org or call
the spokesperson, Amede Kyubwa at 916-753-5717