Congo-Kinshasa: Activist Detained and Beaten in Eastern DRC

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New York — The head of a Congolese non-governmental organization from Uvira has been detained and severely beaten by the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) Human Rights Watch said today.

Security agents in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, arrested Jules Nteba Mbakumba of the Association Elimu, an NGO conducting adult education, on October 31 and handed him over to security agents in Uvira. Human Rights Watch researchers in the region witnessed Mr. Nteba, bound and guarded, entering the Direction Generale de Migration (DGM) security agency in Uvira. Security personnel in the DGM assured Human Rights Watch representatives of Mr. Nteba’s well being while refusing to disclose the place where he would be held.

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