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UN report finds DRC rights violations during 2007 post-election violence
UN rights investigators with the United Nations Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHRO) have documented serious human rights violations committed in the DRC following post-electoral violence in the capital Kinshasa in Mar (More) |
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Congo chief prosecutor orders arrest of presidential runner-up after more violence
The chief prosecutor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Jean-Pierre Bemba [campaign website, in French; BBC profile], a former warlord turned senator, whose private militia clashed with government secu (More) |
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Congo high court dismisses presidential election challenge
The Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa Monday rejected a legal challenge by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba [campaign website, in French; Wikipedia profile] to the official results of last month's presidential run-o (More) |
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Congo Supreme Court offices to be decentralized after vote protest torching
Supreme Court offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be decentralized and spread to various parts of the capital city of Kinshasa, or even to other Congolese cities, following fire damage to one-third of the building earlier in the week, (More) |
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Congo Supreme Court building set ablaze during vote protest
The Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinhasa was set on fire Tuesday by protestors supporting Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba [campaign website, in French; Wikipedia profile], who on Saturday filed a challenge to the results o (More) |
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Congo presidential hopeful files high court election challenge
Democratic Republic of Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba [campaign website, in French; Wikipedia profile] filed an anticipated challenge to the results of last month's presidential run-off election in the country's Supreme Court Satu (More) |
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DR Congo vice president plans legal challenge to election results
Democratic Republic of Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba [campaign website, in French; Wikipedia profile] said Thursday that he plans to use legal means to challenge the results from last month's run-off election after officials announced (More) |
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Congo election panel announces run-off in presidential race amidst fraud complaints
The Congolese Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) , charged with overseeing the July presidential election [AP report; tallied results] in the Democratic Republic of Congo, released the provisional results of the election on Monday, and announced (More) |
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Congo arrests six election officials for ballot fraud
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrested six election officials in Kinshasa for electoral fraud after an opposition group alleged widespread irregularities in July's presidential election [AP report; tallied results (More) |
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Congo opposition party claims fraud in presidential election
The Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) [party website, in French; Wikipedia backgrounder], an opposition group and former rebel group, on Tuesday alleged widespread election fraud in Sunday's election , and threatened to challenge the election (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
