Friday, September 18, 2020

Death threats against Mukwege: European Parliament supports Nobel Prize and urges government to investigate without delay, 18/09/2020

 


The European Parliament asked the Congolese government to conduct ′′ without delay ", a thorough investigation into death threats formulated on social media, by phone and direct messages aimed at the Nobel Prize Denis Mukwege, his family and staff of the Panzi hospital.

In a resolution adopted on Thursday

17 September 2020 on the situation of Dr. Mukwege and the DRC in general, Parliament welcomes the ′′ firm ′′ commitment of ′′ the man who repairs women ′′ to the work carried out in the 2010 report. United Nations on the mapping project.

This is how Parliamentarians condemn ′′ the absence of progress by the international community in the implementation of its recommendations ′′ and invites the DRC authorities to step up their efforts to prevent further human rights violations in the is from the DRC.

Further, they demand that the Congolese government take measures to put in place mechanisms that will guarantee victims of future conflicts respect for their rights to justice and reparations.

The European Parliament, however, welcomed the United Nations decision to restore the protection of Dr Mukwege by MONUSCO.

Death threats against Mukwege occurred a few days after he reported in a tweet on July 26, 2020, the killing of civilian populations in South Kivu province.

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