Country: Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
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Does the pre-trial detainee have the right to see an doctor?
Right not envisioned
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Désiré, free at last after “9 years of death”
With the help of ASF, Désiré Loko has been released after spending exactly 8 years, 5 months and 21 days in preventive detention at Kinshasa’s central prison, even though he was innocent. His case illustrates the problem of preventive detention in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prisoners sometimes spend years in detention without having a…
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