Eleven Congolese civil society groups reject a May 2026 order requiring ministerial approval to reach indigenous communities, calling it unconstitutional and liberticidal.
Human Rights
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The RPDH annual report 2024–2025 gave Congo-Brazzaville a 2.5 out of 5 score on civic environment, warning that administrative hurdles and a justice ministry authorization requirement are squeezing civil society …
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An AJPI legal expert denounces summary executions of young suspects by Congo’s presidential security force and the total impunity its agents enjoy.
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A dozen Congolese civil society groups denounced a Justice Ministry note requiring prior written permission to work with indigenous populations as unconstitutional.
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Human rights advocate Joe Washington Ebina describes the March 15, 2026 presidential election as a foregone conclusion, citing a muzzled opposition, jailed political figures, and decades of power concentration.
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Congo’s OCDH documents some fifty enforced disappearances and urges presidential candidates to put human rights at the heart of their platforms.
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The Lights and the Deeper Glow In Congo-Brazzaville, Christmas decorations already sparkle above Avenue de Gaulle and Pointe-Noire’s lively quays. Storefront speakers loop carols in French, Lingala and Kituba, signalling …
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New data places human rights in the spotlight A fresh report from the Centre d’actions pour le développement, presented at Brazzaville’s Bana Moyi cultural centre, catalogues 4,182 alleged rights violations …
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A first full session after May elections At the end of a four-day ordinary session in Brazzaville, the National Human Rights Commission, better known by its French acronym CNDH, adopted …
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New mandate opens in Brazzaville Four months after their appointment, the twelve commissioners of Congo-Brazzaville’s National Commission for Human Rights gathered in Brazzaville from 22 to 25 September for an …