Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo

Target entity: Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo
Context triple: [Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, armedGroupInvolved, Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo]

• A. Union des Patriotes Congolais
  The Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC) is an Ituri-based Congolese militia and political group that played a major role in the ethnic conflict in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the early 2000s.
• B. Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire
  The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire was a Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebel coalition led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila that overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko and seized power in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1997.
• C. Movement for the Liberation of Congo
  The Movement for the Liberation of Congo was a major rebel group and political movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, led by Jean-Pierre Bemba, that played a significant role in the country’s civil conflicts before transitioning into a political party.
• D. Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
  The Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) is a Hutu rebel group operating mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, composed in part of perpetrators and remnants of forces involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and long implicated in regional violence and atrocities.
• E. National Patriotic Front of Liberia
  The National Patriotic Front of Liberia was a rebel group led by Charles Taylor that became a major faction in the First Liberian Civil War and played a central role in the country’s political upheaval in the early 1990s.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo
Target entity description: The Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo was an armed rebel group active during the Second Congo War, known for its involvement in serious human rights abuses and recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• A. Union des Patriotes Congolais
  The Union des Patriotes Congolais (UPC) is an Ituri-based Congolese militia and political group that played a major role in the ethnic conflict in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in the early 2000s.
• B. Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire
  The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire was a Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebel coalition led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila that overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko and seized power in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1997.
• C. Movement for the Liberation of Congo
  The Movement for the Liberation of Congo was a major rebel group and political movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, led by Jean-Pierre Bemba, that played a significant role in the country’s civil conflicts before transitioning into a political party.
• D. Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda
  The Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) is a Hutu rebel group operating mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, composed in part of perpetrators and remnants of forces involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and long implicated in regional violence and atrocities.
• E. National Patriotic Front of Liberia
  The National Patriotic Front of Liberia was a rebel group led by Charles Taylor that became a major faction in the First Liberian Civil War and played a central role in the country’s political upheaval in the early 1990s.
• F. None of above. chosen