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Le 12/08/2009 FRENCH

08/12/2009 ENGLISH presse release

September 17/2009 A Website calling for President Kabila to Rehabilitate
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Lemera Hospital has been launched!
le 22 Septembre 2009

September 22, 2009 Call on the Congolese Government to urgently take necessary action to rehabilitate Lemera Hospital destroyed unjustly
after being used as launching site of the war that led Kabila to power.
September 28/2009

Le 28 Septembre 2009 MJPC has launched a website calling for President Kabila to rehabilitate Lemera Hospital destroyed in 1996 after being used
as launching site of the war that led Laurent D. Kabila to power. The site www.hopitaldelemera.org also seeks to remind the
le 12 Janvier 2009
world that the Congolese government has not yet taken steps to rehabilitate the hospital which was destroyed in serious
January 18/2009 violations of the Geneva Conventions. It urges people to take action to remind President Joseph Kabila to rehabilitate this
hospital by signing the following online petition http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/31274.html
Le 14 Janvier 2009

Le 18 Janvier 2009 According to Amede Kyubwa, Executive Director of MJPC, " Avenue Roi Baudouin , ex-trois "Z" during the Mobutu
April 30 2009 Avenue de Lemera in Kinshasa,
regime, now known as the equivalent of America's Main Street known as

Le 30 Avril 2009 Pennsylvania Avenue probably would not have been known Avenue de Lemera without Lemera Hospital.
as
Even the the most prestigious presidencial ship would not have been renamed Bateau Lemera if the completely destroyed
Le 25 Mars 2009
hospital of Lemera had not been used as launching site of the AFDL war". A dozen pregnant women, several patients who could
May 11 2009 not move from their beds and several medical workers were cowardly and brutally killed. The hospital was completely destroyed
after being looted.
Le 11 Mai 2009

Le 25 Novembre 2008 "The launch of this site coincides with the 13th anniversary of the destruction of the hospital once considered one of the largest
hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo". With a capacity of 300 beds, facilities covering over 40 hectares and a team of
Le 4 Novembre 2009 over 10 doctors including Dr. Denis Mukwege, known for his pioneering work in treating victims of sexual violence. Without any
Le 12 Decembre 2009 doubt the hospital built by the Swedish Pentecostal Missionaries represented the pride of South Kivu and served a
population of around 4 million inhabitants.
Le 22 Decembre 2009

Le 23 Decembre 2008 The organizers of the campaign believe that although it remains unclear at this time on whether President Joseph Kabila who
was also a senior officer in the AFDL army led by his father, had attended the official ceremony of launching the war in Lemera
Le 08 Janvier 2009 Hospital, it is quite logical to say that he came to power because of circumstances created in Lemera. The hospital remains n
Le 06 Octobre 2009 catastrophic conditions 13 years after its destruction despite attempts by local people to use a few buildings remaining. As a
consequence, the populations the hospital used to serve are dying without access to basic medical care because there is not
October 6, 2009 another hospital around Lemera to serve as an alternative.

The petition to remind President Kabila to rehabilitate the Lemera Hopsital can be signed at www.
http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/31274.html . Additional information about the Lemera Hospital is available on the
website launched www.hopitaldelemera.org

MJPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working to add a voice in the promotion of justice and peace in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo with particular emphasis in the East where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women
 Republic of the Congo with particular emphasis in the East where thousands of innocent civilians, including children and women
continue to be victims of massive human rights violations while the armed groups responsible for these crimes remain
unpunished. www.mjpcongo.org

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