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  • DRC: Four national deputies endorse proposed law exempting SGBV survivors from legal fees

    JHR’s Prince Murhala with Me Josepha Pumbulu, the representative of the DRC Minister of Justice, at the November 30 roundtable where four national deputies endorsed the proposed law to exempt SGBV survivors from legal fees  Four national deputies in the DRC have endorsed a proposed law to exempt survivors of sexual and gender-based violence from

  • DRC: JHR organizes on-air forum to discuss strategies to eliminate GBV

    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

  • Hearing from JHR Gender and Team leaders Judie Kaberia, Prince Murhula and Moro Siaka Diallo this International Development Week

    Tuesday and Wednesday of International Development Week 2021 saw JHR Gender and Team Leaders Judie Kaberia, Prince Murhula and Moro Siaka Diallo host webinars on the impact of JHR’s work in Kenya, Mali and DRC. DRC and Mali Team Leaders Prince Murhula and Moro Siaka Diallo featured in a webinar with Global Affairs Canada on Tuesday, discussing the effect of COVID-19 on

  • DRC: International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

    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

  • DRC: When security forces track “compromising” anti-regime images in cell phones

    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

  • Celebrating African Women’s Day – July 31st

    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