According to Agence France Presse, eight police officers will be tried by a military court for the kidnap and murder of leading Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rights activist, executive director and founder of Voix des sans Voix (Voice of the Voiceless), and World Movement participant, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire. Among the eight officers charged are the national police special investigations section chief, Colonel Daniel Mukalay, three majors, and four other ranking police officers. Three of the accused are on the run and will be tried in absentia with the others on Friday, November 12.

 

Mr. Chebeya Bahizire was found dead in his car outside of Kinshasa on June 2, 2010. The body of his driver, Mr. Bazan Edad, was found in a different location. Prior to his disappearance and murder, Mr. Chebeya Bahizire was summoned by General John Numbi, the General Inspectorate of Police in Ligwala, Kinshasa. The meeting never took place.

 

To read the Agence France Presse article, go to: www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTARc8lnLZZ66rhtA_26I_RRpAkQ?docId=CNG.6bc3c21451f9cb452ab384addc9d2d90.211

 

To read the previous alert on the kidnap and murder of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, go to: www.wmd.org/alerts/world-movement-participant-found-dead-drc

 

To read the World Movement’s In Memoriam for Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, go to: www.wmd.org/assemblies/sixth-assembly/memory#drc