Congo, República Democrática del - Two months arbitrary imprisonment for trade union activists (2010)

On 19 January, Pépé Nginamau Malaba, president of the Congolese Labour Centre (CCT), was arrested by five agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) as he was about to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister’s Office, reporting on corruption at the Ministry of Economy and Trade where he was employed. Two other trade union leaders, Richard Kambale Ndayango and Israël Kanumbaya Yambasa, who co-signed the document, were also arrested. They were held in secret for nearly a month and were ill-treated. After two refusals in February, the three trade unionists were released on 23 March after payment of 150 dollars bail each. The examining magistrate refused to examine the complaint submitted by Pépé Nginamau Malaba citing acts of torture.

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