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On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25), JHR-DRC kicked off activities for the #16daysofactivism for the prevention of gender based violence (GBV) with an on-air forum at the Radio de la Femme studio. At the forum, United Nations Joint Human Rights Office representative Charlotte Songue and Pascaline Zamuda of the Recovery
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By Prince Murhula Prince Murhula is the Project Manager at JHR – DRC. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country that continues to record a significantly high number of assassinations, threats and assaults against journalists. According to a 2018 report by the NGO Journalists in Danger (JED), 12 Journalists were killed during the 17
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By Prince Murhula In the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of people were arrested after their phones were subjected to impromptu searches by security forces. This practice was deemed illegal by human rights defenders “I was arrested because I had a picture of a caricature of Kabila in my phone with a caption that said
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The African Union designated July 31st as the African Women’s Day after the first Pan-African Women’s Conference in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1962. The goal of the day is to celebrate and honour African women’s achievements and reflect on women’s rights. To commemorate African Women’s Day, JHR would like to celebrate and acknowledge exceptional
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