{The UN peacekeeping mission and the DR Congo government are holding FDLR rebels against their will barring them from returning home \u2013 including a Colonel, Captain and 25 other junior soldiers}<\/p>\n
Among them is FDLR Colonel Ferdinand Bembabahizi who was arrested in South Kivu on his way to Rwanda. He is currently being kept at a DRC army camp in Bukavu. The information has also been confirmed by media in Rwanda. <\/p>\n
Another, Captain Tumusifu Karege is detained against his will at a FARDC camp outside Goma in North Kivu. At another MONUSCO facility, there are 25 junior FDLR soldiers who have been blocked from going home since October 11.<\/p>\n
More than 12,000 FDLR rebels have voluntarily repatriated home since 2001, in a trend that has seen almost a daily flow of combatants. However, local media in Rwanda are reporting that since October 11, no combatants have been recorded by Rwandan authorities.<\/p>\n
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