Central African Republic - Why the Truth Commission Was Dismissed

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Rodrigue Le Roi Benga is a journalist specialising in justice and human rights, science, economics and the environment. A graduate of the Department of Information and Communication Sciences at Bangui University, he has been deputy editor-in-chief of Radio Ndeke Luka since 2020.

Radio Ndeke Luka is the most listened-to media outlet in the Central African Republic, created and supported by Fondation Hirondelle.

"Suddenly, some gendarmes arrived and told us that they had been ordered to close the headquarters," says Marie-Edith Douzima, president of the CVJRR, who was on site."I asked them: 'Who gave the order. Do you have a document?' They said 'No, it's just an order we received. So far, we haven't received any documents'."

The reasons put forward by the State are mostly confirmed by some of the commissioners themselves, as well as by other justice and human rights players. The law establishing the Commission stipulates in Article 13 that"commissioners shall work full-time for the CVJRR". But"working as a lawyer is not incompatible with the CVJRR law. It's a liberal profession," retorts Douzima."And that has not prevented me from carrying out my duties as president of the CVJRR."

 

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