King Mwamisyo: Four years on, DRC’s state of siege continues to be a tool to crush dissent

King Mwamisyo: Four years on, DRC’s state of siege continues to be a tool to crush dissent

In April and September 2022, Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) human rights activists King Mwamisyo Ndungo and Elias Bizimungu, members of the movement Lutte pour le Changement (LUCHA), were arbitrarily arrested. They were later sentenced by a military court in Goma to five years in prison for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly. Amnesty International proclaimed the two as prisoners of conscience. On May 2…