{"id":1750,"date":"2011-08-15T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.yolandagranados.com\/crg\/death-threats-against-opposition-leader\/"},"modified":"2020-07-13T20:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:34:24","slug":"death-threats-against-opposition-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/en\/2011\/08\/15\/death-threats-against-opposition-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Death threats against opposition leader in Bukavu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide is-core-separator-block\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\">\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div id=\"anchor-nav-position-block_5f0cc545b1ccc\" class=\"c-block-anchor-nav-position o-wrapper__inner\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;\">\n    <div class=\"js-anchor-nav-position\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"c-anchor-nav__mobile\">\n      <nav class=\"c-anchor-nav \"><span class=\"c-anchor-nav__heading\"> <\/span><ul class=\"c-anchor-nav__links o-list-bare\"><li class=\"c-anchor-nav__item\"><a href=\"#%20\" class=\"c-anchor-nav__link \"> <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" class=\"is-core-paragraph-block has-space-small-mb\">According to several sources, a leader of the opposition UNC party in Bukavu has received serious death threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" class=\"is-core-paragraph-block has-space-small-mb\">Kizito Mushizi, the spokesperson for the UNC in the Kivus and a candidate for parliamentary elections, says that he received word on Saturday, August 13 that a plot had been hatched to physically eliminate him. The decision allegedly came two days earlier, during an evening meeting of several high-ranking government and military officials in Bukavu. The officials raised Kabila&rsquo;s poor standing in the province, as well as the UNC&rsquo;s perceived popularity in Bukavu. Since Mushizi was recently named provincial leader, they allegedly took the drastic step of ordering his assassination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" class=\"is-core-paragraph-block has-space-small-mb\">One of the people in the meeting then discretely warned Mushizi of the death threat. A second military source also informed a member civil society of the plot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-core-table-block\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JlpgQS9r5ew\/TkmTI7h9IZI\/AAAAAAAAARk\/_v1SJhgcSMc\/s1600\/kizito+mushizi.jpg\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kizito Mushizi<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" class=\"is-core-paragraph-block has-space-small-mb\">Mushizi is the well-respected former director of Radio Maendeleo, a non-profit radio station that has been based in Bukavu for almost twenty years. Two months ago, he quit his job and officially announced that he would run for a national assembly seat in Bukavu for the UNC, Vital Kamerhe&rsquo;s party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\" class=\"is-core-paragraph-block has-space-small-mb\">After receiving the death threat, he informed the United Nations as well as local media outlets and human rights groups. In addition, he has written a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/62361013\">letter<\/a> to President Kabila, in which he relates the information he received. According to a source within the provincial government, he has been followed since the weekend.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to several sources, a leader of the opposition UNC party in Bukavu has received serious death threats. 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