Murwanashyaka Dr. Ignace

Rwanda

FDLR President. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.

1963-05-14

Butera, Rwanda; Ngoma, Butare, Rwanda

in prison, Germany

EU, UN

President of FDLR, and supreme commander of the FDLR armed forces exercising influence over policies, and maintaining command and control over the activities of FDLR forces, one of the armed groups and militias referred to in paragraph 20 of Res. 1493 (2003), involved in trafficking of arms, in violation of the arms embargo. In telephone communication with FDLR military field commanders (including during the Busurungi May 2009 massacre); gave military orders to the high command; involved in coordinating the transfer of arms and ammunition to FDLR units and relaying specific instructions for use; managing large sums of money raised through illicit sale of natural resources in areas of FDLR control. According to the Office of the SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict, he held command responsibility as President and military commander of FDLR for recruitment and use of children by the FDLR in Eastern Congo.

CH

article 2 (Financial sanctions) and 4 (Travel ban), annex 1

Reported to have died in prison in Germany on 16 Apr 2019. Arrested by German authorities on 17 Nov 2009 and found guilty by a German court on 28 Sep 2015 of leadership of a foreign terrorist group and aiding in war crimes. Received a 13-year sentence and is in prison in Germany as of Jun 2016. Re-elected FDLR President on 29 Nov 2014 for a five-year term.; Designation: FDLR President. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.

CH

Ordinance of 22 June 2005 on measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo (SR 946.231.12)

UN, Switzerland country specific

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Asset freeze, Travel ban

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 22 June 2005 on measures against the Democratic Republic of Congo (SR 946.231.12). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council and follow those of the European Union.