UN Condemns Murder of DR Congo Human Rights Defender, Urges Inquiry

by Gary Kopycinski on June 3, 2010

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 June 2010 – Senior United Nations officials called today for a prompt and rigorous investigation into the killing of a renowned Congolese human rights defender whose body has been found on the outskirts of the capital, Kinshasa, one day after he was summoned to a police station.