Front Line is deeply concerned following information received of the killing of human rights defender Wabiwa Kabisuba on 18 May 2008, in her home in Panzi, seven kilometres from the town of Bukavu, in the province of Sud-Kivu. Wabiwa Kabisuba was a coordinator with the human rights organisation Voix des sans voix ni liberté (VOVOLIB) (Voice of the voiceless and powerless) and also worked as a councillor at VOVOLIB´s centre for victims of sexual violence in Panzi.

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Posted 27/05/2008 On 18 May 2008, at approximately midnight, eight men in military uniform armed with rifles broke into Wabiwa Kabisuba's home. Wabiwa Kabisuba was dragged outside by force and was shot dead at about 80 metres far from her home. She was the mother of four children, and was twenty-seven years old when she was killed.

Front Line believes that the killing of Wabiwa Kabisuba is directly related to her legitimate human rights activities, in particular her work to protect victims of sexual violence. Front Line is concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of the members of Wabiwa Kabisuba´s family, as well as that of all human rights defenders fighting against impunity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.