Representative of a local development NGO
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-029-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: -4.038333
Longitude: 21.758664
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
denounced the embezzlement of World Bank funds by the NGO’s coordinator and agents of the Fonds Social de la République
- Type of rights defended
- Corruption
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The NGO representative denounced the embezzlement of World Bank funds by the NGO’s coordinator and agents of the Fonds Social de la République, an institution attached to the Presidency of the Republic in charge of managing funds for development projects brought by international partners such as the World Bank.
- Engagement with UN body
- World Bank
- Type of attempted engagement
- Other
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- March 2017; 20 December 2017;
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Nyiragongo, North Kivu province
- Reprisal information
abducted by unknown individuals who mistreated and hit him while asking questions. He managed to flee after nine days in captivity.
receiving threats through anonymous calls and text messages
threatened and fired
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Disappearance/Kidnapping
- Physical attack: Physical attack - General
- Profession-related reprisal
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Unclear
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0
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