Human Rights Watch: Awaiting Justice for Police Killings in DR Congo
November 16, 2020
November 16, 2020
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
At 3 a.m. on December 18, 2013, about 20 police officers stormed the home of 24-year-old Gauthier (a pseudonym) and forced him into their pickup truck. This was the last time his mother saw him. Gauthier was among dozens of young men and boys suspected to be "kuluna," or gang members, who fell victim to a months-long, brutal police campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa.
At 3 a.m. on December 18, 2013, about 20 police officers stormed the home of 24-year-old Gauthier (a pseudonym) and forced him into their pickup truck. This was the last time his mother saw him. Gauthier was among dozens of young men and boys suspected to be "kuluna," or gang members, who fell victim to a months-long, brutal police campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa.