RAID is today issuing a call to action following the arbitrary arrest and detention of Boniface Umpula Nyembo, of the respected Congolese human rights organisation Action contre l’impunité pour les droits humains (ACIDH), a long-standing partner of RAID.
Boniface Umpula Nyembo was detained while distributing a press release issued by the independent judges union, calling for their members to strike in protest at the Government’s failure to deliver a promised salary increase. Please write, email or telephone the Congolese authorities calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Boniface Umpula Nyembo. For details of the case, and contact details for the relevant authorities in the DRC, see this document.