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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: Death threats against human rights defenders Donat Mbaya Tshimanga and Tshivis Tshivuadi

Front Line is deeply concerned regarding numerous death threats made against the human rights defenders and journalists Donat Mbaya Tshimanga and Tshivis Tshivuadi throughout 2007.  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

Dublin : Bono Present s 2007 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk to Gégé Katana of DRC

This morning Bono presented the 3rd Front Line Award to Gégé Katana a human rights defender for over 25 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a ceremony in Dublin’s City Hall.  Read More

DRC: 2nd anniversary of assassination of human rights defender Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi,

Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi was assassinated at the age of 55, in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the early hours of July 31 2005, armed men broke into his home and shot him dead in front of his family. One of the attackers apparently said: "We were looking for you, and today is the day of your death.” Pascal was also the vice president of the regional human rights umbrella group in the Great Lakes, the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme dans la Région des Grands Lacs.  Read More

Leading Congolese journalist employed by UN-backed radio gunned down in Bukavu

Human rights defender and journalist Serge Maheshe was gunned down on 13 June 2007 in Bukavu, in the Province of Southern Kivu. Serge Maheshe was the editor of Radio Okapi in Bukavu, a radio station supported by the United Nations.  Read More

Gégé Katana winner of 2007 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

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Gégé Katana is a leading human rights defender working in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Gégé Katana is the president of Solidarite des Femmmes Activistes pour la Defense des Droits Humains, SOFAD (Solidarity Movement of Women Human Rights Activists) an organisation that works through a grassroots network of 625 women to research and campaign against sexual violence, and provide counselling and help to rape survivors. SOFAD also educates local communities on women and children’s rights, and lobbies the government to deliver justice and reform discriminatory laws.

Gégé Katana has worked with several non-governmental organisations including; IDEA/Afrique - Institut pour le developpement et l’education des adultes. She is a network member of the Global Fund for Women and Coordinator for the Synergie des Femmes Defenseurs des Droits de le l'Homme du Sud-Kivu en RDC.  Read More

Gégé Katana winner of 2007 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

Gégé Katana is a leading human rights defender working in Uvira, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the president of Solidarite des Femmmes Activistes pour la Defense des Droits Humains, SOFAD (Solidarity Movement of Women Human Rights Activists) an organisation that works through a grassroots network of 625 women to research and campaign against sexual violence, and provide counselling and help to rape survivors. SOFAD also educates local communities on women and children’s rights, and lobbies the government to deliver justice and reform discriminatory laws.

Gégé Katana has worked with several non-governmental organisations including; IDEA/Afrique - Institut pour le developpement et l’education des adultes. She is a network member of the Global Fund for Women and Coordinator for the Synergie des Femmes Defenseurs des Droits de le l'Homme du Sud-Kivu en RDC (SYFEDH).  Read More

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