Survivors of violence and killings in Kivu call for transitional justice

In Kinshasa on October 15, civil society associations and human rights defenders who survived violence in eastern DR Congo called for transitional justice, reparations for victims and an end to impunity in North and South Kivu. They made the appeal at a commemoration of the massacres in Beni, Kipupu, Musekera, Lemera and Kaniola. Saïdi Shamu Kobya, head of the organization Cri des victimes au Congo, urged the authorities to implement the Mapping Report and support investigations into those responsible for the crimes and their accomplices. He also called for stronger oversight of funds intended for victims, internally displaced people and human rights defenders.