DRC: the Republican Guard implicated in the spoliation of private land

Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2023. REUTERS - DENIS BALIBOUSE

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The African Association for the Defence of Human Rights (ASADHO) raises its voice in the Democratic Republic of Congo and accuses President Felix Tshisekedi of remaining silent in the face of illegal acts of the Republican Guard.

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It was during a press conference hosted by Master Jean-Claude Katende, president of ASADHO, who denounced the spoliation of 303 legally acquired plots of land in the Kindobo district, Kinshasa, since December 2020. Several months later, elements of the Republican Guard came to destroy buildings, loot and take away building materials and other property, said Claude Katende before stressing that the plots were allocated to other people who are protected by the Republican Guard.

ASADHO calls on the President of the Republic and the Minister of Land Affairs to enforce the law.

« If it were the police who were deployed on these sites, we would understand it, but the Republican Guard, the very guarantor of the institutions, is totally unacceptable. That is why we ask President Felix Tshisekedi to take all necessary measures to ensure that this site is cleared of all elements of the Republican Guard and that the site is returned to the victims who are present here. And, in the event that the President of the Republic or the government decides to expropriate the victims, it is clear that there are laws in this country that organize this procedure. We would like this procedure to be respected, involving the victims, and for compensation to be granted to them before any displacement. We would also like buyers who have been victims of acts of looting of their property or vandalism to simply be returned to their rights. »

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