30 July 2010
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said.
Pascal Kabungulu, a prominent human rights activist, was killed on 31 July 2005 by a group of armed men who broke into his house in Bukavu in eastern DRC, dragged him out of his bedroom and shot him dead in front of his family.
The trial of the men accused of killing him, who include a Colonel in DRC's armed forces, has been deadlocked since December 2005.
"President Joseph Kabila made a public and personal commitment in 2006 that justice would be done in the case of Pascal Kabungulu," said Claire Morclette, DRC campaigner at Amnesty International.
"The fact that Pascal's wife and six children have had to flee the country and yet his killers remain free makes a mockery of this promise."
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must bring to justice those responsible for the murder a human rights defender five years ago, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said.
Pascal Kabungulu, a prominent human rights activist, was killed on 31 July 2005 by a group of armed men who broke into his house in Bukavu in eastern DRC, dragged him out of his bedroom and shot him dead in front of his family.
The trial of the men accused of killing him, who include a Colonel in DRC's armed forces, has been deadlocked since December 2005.
"President Joseph Kabila made a public and personal commitment in 2006 that justice would be done in the case of Pascal Kabungulu," said Claire Morclette, DRC campaigner at Amnesty International.
"The fact that Pascal's wife and six children have had to flee the country and yet his killers remain free makes a mockery of this promise."
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