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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Nuclear News: leading Democratic Republic of Congo human rights defender arrested over uranium mine report
"Golden Misabiko, President of the Association Africaine de défense des Droits de l'Homme in Katanga province (ASADHO/Katanga), was arrested on 24 July by the intelligence services in the provincial capital, Lubumbashi. The charges against Golden Misabiko relate to a report published by ASADHO/Katanga on 12 July about the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. The report alleged that military and civilian officials had been complicit in illegal mining at Shinkolobwe after the government closed the mine for reasons of national security and public safety, in January 2004. The report said that the DRC authorities had not done enough to secure the mine."
ReplyDeleteWell, will we ever see that man get out of detention? We will have to see what happens in that "justice" system right?
William