Country: Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
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![[ French ] Press release – Faced with the spread of Covid-19, take urgent and immediate action to protect the rights of detainees in the Democratic Republic of Congo](https://asf.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-04-21-12_48_29-ASF_RDC_Appel-urgent-pour-protéger-les-détenus-face-à-Covid-19.pdf-Adobe-Acrob.png)
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Partners’ profiles 4/4 : The Networks of Observers
ASF has helped create and revitalise networks of observers in the DRC. They are independent, they exist and are managed autonomously by their members. ASF and these networks work together to empower populations impacted by the activities of extractive companies. Today, we invite you to meet its members. They talk about the reasons behind their…
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Partners’ Profiles 3/4 : Annie Masengo
Annie Masengo speaks to us about her struggles within the Congolese League against Corruption (LICOCO). She tells us about the observations that led her to engage in the fight against corruption, an endemic phenomenon in the natural resource sector, and of the importance of all community members, regardless of gender, being able to make their…
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Partners’ Profiles 2/4 : Ghislain Lukambo
Avocats Sans Frontières, active in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2002, would not be able to act without its partners. It is for this reason that, today, we wanted to give voice to them. These men and women told us about their everyday life, their realities and their convictions. Through a series of profiles, meet…
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Partners’ profiles 1/4 : Marceline Nzati
Avocats Sans Frontières, active in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2002, would not be able to act without its partners. It is for this reason that, today, we wanted to give voice to them. These men and women told us about their everyday life, their realities and their convictions. Speaking today is Marceline Nzati,…
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Detained for 10 years for no reason
Makala, which means “coal” in Lingala, is the central prison of Kinshasa. It is also one of Africa’s main penitentiaries: there are around 8,500 inmates in a complex of pavilions and brick and metal shacks, initially designed to accommodate 1,500 people. It is a small town, an ecosystem, where all can be valued, exchanged, and…
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the fight against impunity continues
Access to justice is more crucial than ever to ease the existing tensions in the North and South Kivu provinces of the DR Congo, which have been torn apart by violence for decades. On 21 and 23 May 2019, ASF, RCN Justice & Démocratie and TRIAL International launched a shared project to fight impunity in…
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The acquittal of Jean-Pierre Bemba: lessons must be learned
The acquittal on appeal of Jean-Pierre Bemba by the International Criminal Court leaves several thousand victims in the Central African Republic without no proper response to the extreme violence committed against them during the armed conflict.
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Human rights defenders: indispensable agents of democracy in DR Congo
Over the current election period, there have been many constraints on the rights and freedoms of human rights defenders and pro-democracy activists in the DR Congo; this has been a source of political and social tension. Threats, arbitrary arrests, and unwarranted legal action have increased dramatically, indicating growing restrictions on the public sphere. ASF believes that…
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![[French] Study – Exercise and effectiveness of the rights and public freedoms of human rights defenders in the pre-electoral context of the DR Congo](https://asf.be/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ASF_RDC_EtudeDDHPré-électoral_FR_201711_Cover.jpg)