Press release - Human rights breaches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mozambique and the Philippines
(WorldNews Africa)

Sakharov laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) The European Parliament is greatly concerned by the grave danger currently facing Sakharov and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege and condemns the recent threats to his life, as well as those made against his family and staff members at the Panzi hospital where he works. Since July this year, Dr. Mukwege has received increasingly serious and sustained threats in response to his repeated calls to bring an end to impunity for perpetrators of sexual crimes and massacres in Kipupu, Sange and the Ituri province in the country. MEPs commend Dr. Mukwege for his courage and his...