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D. R. of Congo : Human rights activist's house burnt down

Written byClaire Ulrich
Posted 26 December 2009 15 years ago

Ouvertures website [fr] reports that the house of human rights activist, Emmanuel Kabengele Kalonji, in Congo has been burnt down while he is in Morocco to receive the Harubuntu Award from the Belgian NGO, Echos. His family was able to escape unharmed.

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