In the DRC, in the province of Maniema, the citizen movement Lucha, asks the authorities of the town of Kindu to release three activists arrested on February 27, 2024. “The Lucha activists have never been violent,” says a local activist.
The arrest of these activists occurred during a peaceful demonstration organized on February27, 2024, the Lucha says. The activists demanded the release of their members incarcerated on the national territory but also political actors within the framework of the outstretched hand to opposition by President Tshisekedi.