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Three sentenced to death for Congolese journalist's murder (AFP)

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May 21, 2008
        

BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP) - A military appeals court Wednesday sentenced three men to death for the murder of a Congolese journalist while acquitting two witnesses in a case that sparked accusations of rights abuses. The court in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu reached the...

                   

DR Congo murder appeal marred by rights violations: watchdogs (AFP)

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May 20, 2008
        

KINSHASA (AFP) - The appeal trial of four men sentenced to death for a Congolese journalist's murder lacked "protection of the defendants' most basic rights," local and international rights groups charged Tuesday. The accusations involve the case over the murder of Serge Maheshe, a 31-year-old...

                   

Congo-Kinshasa: Avert Blatant Miscarriage of Justice

allafrica.com
May 20, 2008
        

Posted to the web 20 May 2008 A group of international and Congolese human rights organizations are greatly concerned that international fair-trial standards have been violated in the trial and appeal of four men convicted in the murder of Congolese journalist Serge Maheshe. The military court...

                   

Avert Blatant Miscarriage of Justice

allafrica.com
May 20, 2008
        

Posted to the web 20 May 2008 A group of international and Congolese human rights organizations are greatly concerned that international fair-trial standards have been violated in the trial and appeal of four men convicted in the murder of Congolese journalist Serge Maheshe. The military court...