21.   Kabila denies the allegations, and his troops have barred humanitarian groups, diplomats journalists from the sites where massacres are reported to have occurred.

22.   Kabila denies the allegations, and his troops have barred humanitarian groups, diplomats and journalists from the sites in eastern Congo where massacres reportedly occurred.

23.   Kabila denies the massacre allegations, and his troops have barred humanitarian groups, diplomats and journalists from the sites in eastern Congo where massacres reportedly occurred.

24.   Negotiators have agreed that international monitors should observe the elections and that no groups should be barred from participating, sources close to the talks said.

25.   Opposition groups were barred from running.

26.   Security officials barred the group from marching to the Interior Ministry where they originally planned to carry out the protest.

27.   Sources close to the talks say negotiators agree that international monitors should observe the elections and that no groups should be barred from participating.

28.   The government has generally barred human rights groups from visiting, and has appointed its own investigating panels.

29.   The groups are barred from urging a vote for or against a particular candidate, but state Sen. William L. Gormley said that provision is a sham.

30.   The law bars private groups from participating in political activity.