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Starting 2010 with new programing…

janvier 25th, 2010 | News

Happy New Year!

Interactive Radio for Justice starts 2010 with our first program produced in Kasugho, DRC, an isolated town in North Kivus, DRC. Despite continued insecurity the team in Kasugho is recording questions on human rights and the law within their community and bringing answers from authorities back to their listeners through IRfJ programming.

IRfJ programs produced during December are described below, you can find them all on this website.

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4 – Rights and recourse available for victims of sexual abuse in DRC

janvier 21st, 2010 | Justice Magazine

The legal recourse available and the rights of victims of sexual abuse under the law in the DRC are the subjects addressed of this programs.

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3 – Culture of criminality and staying safe in Bunia

janvier 21st, 2010 | Justice Magazine

How a culture of criminality, the daily struggles of people in Bunia to stay safe, is being addressed by local authorities is the subject of this program.

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3 – Questions related to Jean-Pierre Bemba’s provisional release

janvier 21st, 2010 | Kivus Goma

Citizens in Goma ask if Jean Pierre Bemba will be granted the provisional release requested by his defense as well as a host of other local, national and international justice questions.

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1 – Questions from listeners in Kasugho

janvier 21st, 2010 | Kivus Kasugho

Our radio partner in Kasugho, DRC has produced its first IRfJ program, which allows citizens in this isolated community in north Kivus access to justice authorities.

In this program they ask : how long someone can be detained before a trial, who is responsible for justice in sexual violence cases and if Jean Pierre Bemba will be held accountable at the ICC for crimes he committed in the DRC as well as those he’s accused of in the Central African Republic.

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14 – Cross examination for Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo

janvier 21st, 2010 | On the Track of Justice

Testimony for the trials’ first witness continues with cross examination by the defense for Germain Katanga (in photo) and Mathieu Ngudjolo.

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13 – Conditions of the investigations

janvier 21st, 2010 | On the Track of Justice

Presiding Judge Bruno Cotte invited the Head of Investigations for the Office of the Prosecutor, whose identity is protected, to testify as the trials’ first witness in order for the Chamber to better understand the conditions in which investigations were conducted for this case.

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12 – Opening statements from lawyers from participating victims

janvier 21st, 2010 | On the Track of Justice

This program presents the opening statements from lawyers for participating victims in the trial. IRfJ journalist Jean Pierre Kabulabo (pictured) was able to record trial-material directly in the ICC press room.