Congo: Human rights activist arrested 10 days before election
A human rights activist was arrested Thursday in Brazzaville ten days before the presidential election in the Republic of Congo, official sources said Friday. Dr Alexandre Ibacka Dzabana, 77, coordinator of the Congolese Platform of Human Rights NGOs is accused of "wanting to destabilize the electoral process". He was arrested Thursday by plainclothes security agents. according to his group (OCDH). His relatives in France also gave the alert Thursday to AFP. "This is a kidnapping because he was arrested by unidentified men. The modus operandi is that of another era," Tresor Nzila said. "We de...
Source: africanews.com