LONDON - Between January 2015 and December 2018, Congolese security forces brutally cracked down on protesters opposed to former President Joseph Kabila’s attempts to remain in power beyond his second constitutional term. By December 2018, at least 320 people had been killed and 3,500 injured, mainly in the capital Kinshasa. More than 8,000 people were also arbitrarily arrested or detained in connection with the protests during that period, according to the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO).
In a new report, Amnesty International documents the human rights violations committed during that period, exposing the continued frustrations of victims and their families in seeking justice as the government of President Felix Tshisekedi resolutely turns a deaf ear to their pleas.
Amnesty International will publish a special report on 16 June 2020.