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Thousands rally to support Congo’s threatened Nobel Laureate

Thousands rally to support Congo’s threatened Nobel Laureate

CRISPIN KYALA A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege, the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats in recent weeks after he called for justice over serious human rights violations. On Thursday his supporters snaked through the streets of Bukavu, the lakeside home of the doctor who has helped thousands of survivors of sexual violence, honking motorcycle horns, singing and waving signs like "Don't touch our Nobel Prize." Mukwege has won international recognition, including the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, for his decades of work treating female victims conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic…
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UN says life of Congo’s Nobel Laureate doctor in danger

UN says life of Congo’s Nobel Laureate doctor in danger

EMMA FARGE THE life of a top Congolese doctor who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work treating war rape victims is in danger after a series of death threats, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday. The threats, received in the form of phone calls to Dr Denis Mukwege and his family as well as via social media, appeared to be linked to his outspoken criticism of violence against women and other human rights violations, another U.N. official said. "His life seems to be at serious risk," High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said…
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