On 24 September, a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) found Grâce Tshiunza, Mino Bopomi, Cedric Kalonji and Carbone Beni guilty of “insulting the president”, “publication of subversive writings” and “civil disobedience”. The same court acquitted Palmer Kabeya. Amnesty International believes that the court’s decision against the four human rights activists is baseless and criminalizes legal and peaceful activism by human rights activists.
On 24 September, a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
found Grâce Tshiunza, Mino Bopomi, Cedric Kalonji and Carbone Beni guilty of “insulting the president”, “publication of subversive writings” and “civil disobedience”. The same court acquitted Palmer Kabeya. Amnesty International believes that the court’s decision against the four human rights activists is baseless and criminalizes legal and peaceful activism by human rights activists.
1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
- Calling the DRC authorities to release Grâce Tshiunza, Mino Bopomi, Cedric Kalonji and Carbone Beni immediately and unconditionally;
- Urging them to ensure that pending their release, the human rights activists are not subjected to torture and other ill-treatment while in detention.
Contact these two officials by 09 November 2018:
Minister of Justice Alexis Tambwe Mwamba Ministère de la Justice 228 Ave de Lemera Kinshasa-Gombe BP 3137 DRC Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Minister
Ambassador François Nkuna Balumuene Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 725 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: 202 234 7690 I Fax: 202 234 2609 or 202 223 3377 Contact form: https://ambardcusa.org/contact-us/ Email: [email protected] Twitter: @DRCNotes Salutation: Dear Ambassador
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