The petition of residents of the United Kingdom,
Declares that the Banyamulenge community in the UK are profoundly dismayed and outraged about the ongoing genocide and disastrous humanitarian crisis faced by the Banyamulenge civilians in Minembwe and the high plateau of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as the role of the DRC Government, the Burundi National Defence Forces as well as their allied militias including Wazalendo and FDLR (the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), in perpetrating these atrocities.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to advocate for the resolution of the root causes of insecurity and violence against the Banyamulenge community in the Democratic Republic of Congo; to take steps to advocate for the immediate end of use of any drones, heavy artillery, and blockades targeting Banyamulenge civilians in the DRC; to raise internationally the need for the return of displaced Banyamulenge individuals, both internally displaced and refugees in neighbouring countries, to their homeland and the destruction of villages and the looting of cattle as part of resolving the crisis with the DRC’s Government; and to advocate for the inclusion of Banyamulenge concerns in relevant international peace accords, ensuring these agreements address the root causes of the conflict.
And the petitioners remain, etc.—[Presented by Rebecca Long Bailey.]
[P003191]