What an awful timing. The same day that Jean Kabuidibuidi have been deported to Kinshasa I recieve this newsletter from the human rights organization Enough, which is active in the Congo, Uganda and Sudan:
Crackdown in Kinshasa: Congo Government Bans Peaceful March, Cuts Broadcast Stations
Tensions in Congo’s capital are rising as the Congolese government took swift action this week to suppress opposition voices.
The government banned a peaceful march organized by Catholic religious leaders yesterday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of what is known as the “Christians Massacre” and to protest the recent botched presidential and legislation elections. The anniversary marks the day in 1992 when several Christians were killed during a pro-democracy rally against the closure of a national conference to debate the Mobutu Sese Seko regime. Yesterday, soldiers met peaceful demonstrators with tear-gas and arrests. Congo’s Voice of the Voiceless rights group reports that three priests and two nuns have been imprisoned, and soldiers and police fired tear gas into church compounds to prevent people from participating.
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