President Tshisekede calls upon ministries in charge of security,internal affairs and justice to make sure that Denis Mukwege is safe.

Informed of the death threats of which Doctor Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize 2018, was the subject following his plea in favor of peace in the east of the country, by proposing the creation of an international criminal court for the DRC in order to judge the serious crimes committed there against the civilian population, the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi, has committed the government, particularly the ministers having the Interior and Security as well as Justice in their attributions of take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of Dr Mukwege and the opening of investigations into these facts.
As a reminder, it is since July 26, 2020 that Dr. Denis Mukwege as well as members of his family have been victims of numerous acts of intimidation and threats, including death threats, in particular through appeals. anonymous phone calls and hate messages posted on Twitter.
These threats follow the denunciation by Dr. Mukwege of the massacre perpetrated in the village of Kipupu, in the Itombwe sector (Mwenga territory, South Kivu province), on the night of July 16 to 17, 2020 and in during which more than 220 people were reportedly killed by combatants from armed groups.
The Congolese Nobel Prize winner then spoke on Twitter to denounce the impunity of the massacres committed in the DRC since 1996 and called for compliance with the recommendations of the Mapping Project report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in August 2010.
Dr. Mukwege also reiterated his call for "the creation of a special jurisdiction to try crimes in Congo"

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