DRC: Death threats/ Fear for safety

Index Number: AFR 62/002/2008
Date Published: 4 April 2008
Categories: Democratic Republic Of Congo

Human rights defenders Georges Kapiamba and Prince Kumwamba have received several threats, including death threats, related to their human rights work since the evening of 3 April. Amnesty International believes that their lives, and the lives of other human rights defenders working in the same organizations, may be in danger.