A human rights group in Lubumbashi, the Centre des droits de l’homme et du droit humanitaire (CDH), has accused the authorities in the DRC’s second city of torturing detainees. In a press statement, the CDH quoted representatives of the victims’ parents who said their offspring had been taken away by the security services and they had heard nothing since. One such victim, named as 23 year-old Kalombo Ilunga, was arrested on 30 June “without any justification” and tortured to death in the dungeons, the CDH said. His body was taken to the morgue, and only then were his parents informed. The CDH strongly condemned the tortures and called on the government to investigate the death of Kalombo Ilunga and take measures to put an end to the “inhuman practices” by the security services in Lubumbashi.
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