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"I too wish to condemn this heinous crime against one of the most respected Africans on account of his courageous struggle for democracy and respect for human rights. The name of the NGO which Floribert Chebeya Bahizire led aptly defines what he did: ‘The Voice of the Voiceless’. Bahizire devoted his life to these people and, unfortunately, his death as well.
This man, who had been arrested and harassed down the years, including for stirring up trouble by denouncing corruption in the army, met with a bloody end. The barbaric nature of his murder speaks volumes for the state of human rights in Congo, a country which is seeing an upsurge in the incidence of acts of torture, maltreatment, arbitrary arrests, acts of social violence and other brutal actions.
This is why I believe that European Union diplomacy must urge the Congolese authorities to carry out an independent, credible and transparent inquiry, which will identify and bring to justice the culprits. The Congolese Government’s first responsibility is to combat the culture of impunity which is conducive to human rights violations in a country where civil war is used as a justification for massacres, mass rape and other atrocities. In this situation, I think that the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo can play an effective role in monitoring the course of the inquiry."@en1
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