New IRfJ Programming in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo:
24 septembre 2008 Filed in: Radio Programs
New IRfJ Programming in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo:
The following programs have been produced in French, Swahili and Lingala and broadcast on community radio throughout the Ituri region of the DRC. The French versions of these programs are posted on www.irfj.org with English transcripts.
The 18th program in the A Child; Yesterday in the Bush Today Part of the Community series tells the story of Nyakusi, a young woman from Getty (60 km north of Bunia). Nyakusi joined the naval force of the FRPI (Patriotic Resistance Front for Ituri) when she was 15. After becoming pregnant she was abandoned by her ‘husband’ and forcibly discharged from the armed group. Now 20 years old, Nyakusi is a police officer.
The following programs have been produced in French, Swahili and Lingala and broadcast on community radio throughout the Ituri region of the DRC. The French versions of these programs are posted on www.irfj.org with English transcripts.
The 18th program in the A Child; Yesterday in the Bush Today Part of the Community series tells the story of Nyakusi, a young woman from Getty (60 km north of Bunia). Nyakusi joined the naval force of the FRPI (Patriotic Resistance Front for Ituri) when she was 15. After becoming pregnant she was abandoned by her ‘husband’ and forcibly discharged from the armed group. Now 20 years old, Nyakusi is a police officer.
Program 19 in this A Child series tells the story of Chrysent, from Lingo (20 km north of Bunia). Chrysent talks about how he was ‘recruited’ into the armed group UPC-RP (Union de Congolese Patriots – Reconciliation et Paix) when he was 12 years old. He is now demobilized and enjoys of the support of his parents. Now 18, Chrysent speaks freely about his experiences as a very young child soldier, his enthusiasm to be back in school, and why he would like to be a journalist one day.
The 42nd program in the IRfJ series responds to questions from Bunia, Iga-Barriere, Nyangare and Muanga, in Ituri. Citizens pose a range of questions concerning domestic law and international criminal law: “ When a husband leaves his wife for over six months…and she remarries, does the first husband have the right to file a complaint?”; “Can a girl legally marry at 15?”; “ Can the ICC Prosecutor modify or withdraw charges against those accused in the Hague?”; “Has there been any progress concerning the ICC arrest warrant against Bosco [Ntaganda]?”; and “Why start with Jean-Pierre Bemba in Central African Republic when he intervened at the invitation of CAR authorities?”.
The 43rd program in the IRfJ series addresses questions recorded in the towns of Bunia, Aveba and Kunda. Again, citizens show an interest in the law at all levels, from property law, domestic law, to international criminal law: “What is my right to the use of land subject to conditions of property law?”; “When a magistrate hits his wife…where can she go to complain?”; “What happens to children who have demobilized but are still too young to integrate into the national army? Many seem abandoned and have become beggars.”; “Bosco Ntaganda is prosecuted for crimes committed in Ituri, why didn’t the ICC Prosecutor also investigate crimes committed in North Kivu?’; and “Jean-Pierre Bemba is prosecuted for crimes committed in CAR, but why didn’t the ICC look into crimes his men may have committed in the DRC?”.
In the Press:
The IRfJ project is featured on Radio Netherlands English Language Service on their program The State We’re In, which broadcast on 20 September. You can listen to the program on our Press page at www.irfj.org or by the following link:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/thestatewerein/otherstates/tswi-080919-radio-justice
Thank you for your continued interest and support for IRfJ!
Sincerely, Wanda E Hall Director
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