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"Mr President, the Chebeya case rocked the international community as did those of other human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a way, it has become a means of measuring the country’s democratic health.
However, what has happened since the highly publicised trial in 2011? As Ms Vergiat says, the assassins have a name, a face, but some of them are still walking free. General Numbi has never been prosecuted. The body of Fidèle Bazana, Mr Chebeya’s chauffeur, has never been found.
The appeal by Mr Chebeya’s widow has actually been lodged and, after a year, I have just been told today that a date appears to have finally been set for the consideration of this appeal.
The film by the director Thierry Michel, dedicated to the Chebeya case, was released in July in Kinshasa, but the Ministry of Justice sent a letter to the President of the Republic, the Security Service and the Attorney General calling for the film to be banned. We should salute the courage shown by the International Humanist Federation, the Carter Centre in Kinshasa, the Wallonie-Bruxelles Centre and the many parishes and churches that have decided to defy the bans and organise private screenings. I will be going myself in early July.
It has been said that the Congolese elections were flawed. It is now up to the Congolese authorities to prove to us that in spite of these electoral irregularities, the project for a truly democratic Republic of Congo still stands. The Chebeya case shows us there is still a long road ahead."@en1
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