Democratic Republic of Congo: Leading DRC Human Rights Defender Arrested

رقم الوثيقة: AFR 62/013/2009
تاريخ النشر: 30 يوليو 2009
التصنيفات: جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية

A prominent human rights defender has been detained as prisoner of conscience since 24 July in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). His organization had recently published a report alleging state complicity in illegal mining at a uranium mine, and he is facing politically motivated charges.