The official spearheading United Nations efforts to combat the <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ignace<\/span> Prosecutors Margot German Ms. She said The envoy The official spearheading United Nations efforts to combat the scourge of sexual violence committed during war yesterday welcomed the start of a trial in Germany of two Rwandans accused of ordering massacres and mass rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni each face 39 charges of war crimes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"byline":[277],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","byline-igihe-com-reporter"],"bylines":[{"id":277,"name":"IGIHE.com Reporter","slug":"igihe-com-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":277,"name":"IGIHE.com Reporter","slug":"igihe-com-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nscourge of sexual violence committed during war yesterday welcomed the start of a
\ntrial in Germany of two Rwandans accused of ordering massacres and mass rape in
\nthe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/strong>
\nMurwanashyaka<\/span> and Straton<\/span> Musoni<\/span> each face 39 charges of war crimes and 26
\ncounts of crimes against humanity over their alleged actions in the eastern DRC
\nin 2008-09.
\nin the German city of Stuttgart say the two men served as leaders in the
\nDemocratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (known by its French acronym of
\nFDLR<\/span>), a notorious militia accused of numerous atrocities in the eastern DRC in
\nrecent years.
\nWallstr\u00f6m<\/span>, the Secretary-General\u2019s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in
\nConflict, issued a statement in which she applauded German authorities for
\n\u201chaving apprehended these alleged perpetrators and for bringing them to
\njustice.\u201d<\/span>
\nlaw allows the prosecution of foreigners for crimes against humanity and war
\ncrimes committed elsewhere.
\nWallstr\u00f6m<\/span> said the trial is \u201ca clear sign that there is no safe haven for
\nsuspected criminals and that impunity for conflict-related sexual violence is
\nnot an option.\u201d<\/span>
\nher office would continue to monitor the trial and all incidents of
\nconflict-related sexual violence closely.
\nhas spoken out repeatedly about the widespread sexual violence taking place in
\nthe DRC, particularly in the far east, where many militia groups still clash
\nwith Congolese armed forces and attack civilians.