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Urgent Action Outcome: Activists And Prisoners Of Conscience FreedKing Mwamisyo Ndungo and Elias Bizimungu were arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned. They have recently been released.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Sep 2025 -
Southern Africa: Leaders must ramp up efforts to stop people with albinism being killed for body parts"Violent attacks are fuelled by the false and dangerous myth that body parts of people with albinism can make someone rich."
Press release 14 Aug 2019 -
DRC: Bosco Ntaganda conviction provides long-awaited justice for victims of 'grotesque' crimesThe ICC has convicted Ntaganda for war crimes and crimes against humanity
Press release 08 Jul 2019 -
Urgent Action: Artisanal miners at risk as the army moves in
10,000 artisanal miners are at risk of serious human rights violations if removed from a mining area where they work.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2019 -
Electric vehicle companies called on to produce 'ethical battery' within five years‘Consumers have the right to demand that products marketed as the ethical choice really stand up to scrutiny’
Press release 21 Mar 2019 -
Democratic Republic of Congo: authorities must re-open media outlets and end election crackdownPress release 03 Jan 2019 -
DRC: UN must investigate disturbing ‘cover-up’ claims over murder of expertsInformation 'covered up' in investigations of Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp's deaths
Press release 28 Nov 2018 -
Urgent Action: Opposition youth leader still detained one year on
Opposition youth leader Christian Lumu Lukusa has been in arbitrary detention since 22 November 2017.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Nov 2018 -
Urgent Action: Activists’ whereabouts unknown after arrest
Activists are being held incommunicado at an unknown location in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Urgent action outcomes 22 Nov 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights activists in the DRC sentenced in unfair trial
Amnesty International believes that the court’s decision against the four human rights activists is baseless.
Urgent action outcomes 22 Oct 2018 -
Microsoft moves on child labour claimsThanks to those who emailed Microsoft’s CEO asking him to investigate the use of child labour in parts they source to make their products - they are beginning to bow to pressure.
17 Oct 2018 -
Will the recruitment of child soldiers ever end?Military groups all over the world continue to recruit child soldiers to fight and perform duties to further their campaigns despite international law ruling it illegal; these children are vulnerable to terrifying abuse.
Blog post 30 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Youth activists risk three years imprisonment in DRC
After more than 160 days in incommunicado detention, four pro-democracy youth activists were charged.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jul 2018 -
Acquittal of former DRC Vice-President a 'huge blow' to victims“This decision will be felt as a huge blow for the many victims of the ‘war against women’ waged in CAR."
Press release 08 Jun 2018 -
Urgent Action: Four activists arbitrarily detained in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Four youth activists were arrested on 30 December 2017, but have yet to be brought to court nor notified of the charges
Urgent action outcomes 16 Mar 2018 -
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Government crackdown on child labour must address root causesThe DRC government has announced it is launching a new drive to tackle child labour in cobalt and copper mines.
Press release 02 Mar 2018 -
Urgent Action: Pro-democracy activists arbitrarily detained in DRC
Pro-democracy activists have been in arbitrary detention since 21 January. They have alleged that they were beaten.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Feb 2018 -
London Metal Exchange's investigation into cobalt and child labour welcomed‘It is unacceptable that we have to name and shame companies before they act’
Press release 23 Nov 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activists risk prison after peaceful protests in the DRC
Four pro-democracy Congolese activists were sentenced to eight months in prison. A fifth is still facing trial.
Urgent action outcomes 25 Sep 2017 -
DRC: government must deliver on pledge to end child mining labour by 2025Press release 01 Sep 2017
