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Danger follows activists fleeing DRC

    NAIROBI

    Human Rights Watch on Thursday said human rights activists fleeing increased harassment by the government and RCD - "who do not want witnesses to their abuses" - were also faced with increasing risks in neighbouring countries. A statement from the organisation, received by IRIN, cited the case of Medi Djuma-Bihira, a Congolese activist seeking asylum in Uganda, who "disappeared" on 16 June. Suliman Baldo, a Human Rights Watch senior researcher, urged the Ugandan government to investigate the disappearance of Djuma-Bihira and urged UNHCR to make the protection of those most at risk, including human rights activists facing persecution, a key priority.

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