02 June 2011 marks the first anniversary of the killing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's most prominent human rights defender Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, Director of Voix des sans Voix (Voice of the Voiceless) and his driver Fidèle Bazana Edadi, also a member of VSV. Both men disappeared on 1 June 2010 after going to the police headquarters, upon police request, to meet General John Numbi Banza Tambo. Mr Chebeya Bahizire's body was found in his car on the outskirts of Kinshasa on 2 June 2010. The body of Mr Bazana Edadi has never been found.
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Press Release 01 June 2011 For Immediate Release
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - FRONT LINE DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR FLORIBERT CHEBEYA ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS KILLING
02 June 2011 marks the first anniversary of the killing of the Democratic Republic of Congo's most prominent human rights defender Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, Director of Voix des sans Voix (Voice of the Voiceless) and his driver Fidèle Bazana Edadi, also a member of VSV.