Journalist and director of a community radio station
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-036-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: -4.038333
Longitude: 21.758664
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Dates of prior UN action
- Unclear
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
Another journalist and the director of a community radio station were killed by an armed group.
- Type of rights defended
- Accountability & impunity
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Another journalist and the director of a community radio station were killed by an armed group.
- Engagement with UN body
- Unclear
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- in the conflict-affected areas of the Eastern part of the country
- Reprisal information
Another journalist and the director of a community radio station were killed by an armed group.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Physical attack: Killing
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Non-state actor(s)
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- 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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