Justine Masika Bihamba

DRC: Continued death threats against human rights defender Justine Masika Bihamba

“Do you think it would be a problem to kill you? It is not, we have already killed two people today”.

Justine Masika Bihamba works in Northern Kivu, in east Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) documenting sexual violence against rural and urban based women, as well as evidence of war crimes. She continues to receive regular death threats.  Read More

DRC: Attack on the family of womens human rights defender Justine Masika Bihamba

Front Line is gravely concerned at the attack of the women human rights defender Justine Masika Bihamba’s family in Goma, on the evening of 18 September 2007 in Goma, in the Province of Northern Kivu. Justine Masika Bihamba is the President of the non-governmental organisation Synergie des femmes pour les victimes des violences sexuelles – SFVS.  Read More

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