KINSHASA — 2010 · Murder
The Murder of Human Rights Defender Floribert Chebeya
Floribert Chebeya, head of the leading Congolese human rights group Voix des Sans Voix (Voice of the Voiceless), disappeared on 1 June 2010 after being summoned to a meeting with the top police leadership; the next day he was found dead in the back seat of his car in a Kinshasa suburb. His driver, Fidèle Bazana, was never seen again and is presumed killed. In June 2011 a military court sentenced four policemen to death and one to life imprisonment. In the retrial, a former police lieutenant confessed in October 2021 to taking part in both killings, and in May 2022 a police commissioner was sentenced to death. One of the key figures in the case remains a fugitive.
- Date
- 2010
- Place
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, CD
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- -4.3300, 15.3100 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 1 June 2010Chebeya was summoned to meet the police leadership.
- 2 June 2010He was found dead in his car; his driver vanished.
- June 2011A military court sentenced four policemen to death.
- October 2021A former police lieutenant confessed to taking part.
- May 2022A police commissioner was sentenced to death.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Floribert Chebeya en.wikipedia.org ↗
- BBC — DR Congo human rights activist found dead in Kinshasa bbc.co.uk ↗
- BBC — Floribert Chebeya: DR Congo policeman sentenced to death for murder bbc.com ↗
- Wikipedia
- BBC
- CNN
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.