Pope Francis appeals for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo

by Congo | Dec 27, 2016 | Congo Today

Question 11

Flavien Musans / Planète TV: Mr. MONUSCO spokesperson, I return to the report of the UN Joint Office on Human Rights, which points the finger at the Congolese National Police. I would now like to know the response of the United Nations police to this situation.

Spokesman of MONUSCO [Félix Prosper Basse]: I think that Jose Maria Aranaz, you are questioned on this issue.

Director of the Joint United Nations Office for Human Rights [Jose Maria Aranaz]: I did not just talk about the Congolese National Police, I spoke about the police, especially about arbitrary arrests, I also spoke about the ANR, the Republican Guard, and also the military police.

So we must be fair because the perpetrators are not only the PNC, even in terms of the excessive use of force, we believe that the police made a great progress especially since October with The use of non-lethal equipment, and these are the other bodies that I mentioned, such as the Republican Guard, the FARDC and the Military Police, which are deployed with the armament of war for the management of demonstrations or the question of the ” And this is what has been found to be completely inappropriate.

Spokesman of MONUSCO [Felix Prosper Bass]: Thank you. End of this press conference, Happy New Year, Happy Christmas, next year.

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