{"id":12509,"date":"2014-02-13T03:08:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T03:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kabila-declares-amnesty-for-former-m23-rebels\/"},"modified":"2014-02-13T03:52:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T03:52:11","slug":"kabila-declares-amnesty-for-former-m23-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kabila-declares-amnesty-for-former-m23-rebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabila Declares Amnesty for Former M23 Rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, announced an amnesty on Wednesday for former members of the defeated M23 rebel army.}}<\/p>\n<p>The amnesty covers &#8220;acts of insurgency, acts of war and political offences&#8221; committed in the DR Congo up to December 20, 2013, when the bill was approved by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Announced on state television on Wednesday, the presidential order was welcomed by the UN and Western countries as a way of moving on from the conflict, which ended with an ignominious defeat for the M23 rebels in early November.<\/p>\n<p>More serious crimes are excluded from the amnesty, including genocide, crimes against humanity, terrorism, torture, sexual violence, child conscription and embezzlement and looting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4203 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/m23-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{Members of the former Congolese M23 rebels sit at a compound in Bihanga&#8217;s Training School in Uganda, about 380km south west of the capital Kampala.}<\/p>\n<p>{Newvision}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, announced an amnesty on Wednesday for former members of the defeated M23 rebel army.}} The amnesty covers &#8220;acts of insurgency, acts of war and political offences&#8221; committed in the DR Congo up to December 20, 2013, when the bill was approved by the government. 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