E/CN.4/2000/9 page 65 in the Ngiri Ngiri quarter of Kinshasa on the situation of 76 PALU members being held incommunicado at the Penitentiary and Reform Centre (CPRK) in Kinshasa. The individuals arrested on 26 September have allegedly been accused of violating the prohibition of political parties and are reportedly now being held in the confinement cells (formerly known as "Circo") of the provincial police inspectorate in Kinshasa. 311. On 7 October 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression concerning Kangundji Doudou, a lawyer, who was reportedly arrested in Lubumbashi (Katanga) on 15 September 1999 by members of the security forces and taken the next day to the confinement cells of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), External Department, in Kinshasa, where he is allegedly being held in incommunicado detention. He was reportedly arrested because of his relations with one of his clients, Eugène Kabongo Ngoy, who is allegedly also being held in incommunicado detention in the ANR confinement cells because of his supposed links with the rebels. The Special Rapporteurs also intervened on behalf of Léopoldine, reportedly arrested under the same circumstances and for the same reasons and allegedly being held in the ANR. 312. On 7 October 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression concerning Feu d'Or Bonsange, music editor, and Kala Bongamba, printer, both employees of the newspaper L'Alarme, who are said to have been arrested on the morning of 27 September 1999 in Kinshasa by soldiers of the 50th Division. They were reportedly detained in the private residence of a high-ranking military officer before being transferred during the night of 2 October to the building known as "GLM", which is said to be an unofficial detention facility. The Special Rapporteurs also intervened concerning Clovis Kadda, director of the same publication, who was reportedly arrested on 22 September 1999 and interrogated in the military sector of Kinshasa concerning a member of his family who is thought to be one of the rebels. He was reportedly accused of fraternizing with the enemy and was tortured. He is said to have been released the next day and to be hiding for fear of a second arrest. 313. On 8 November 1990, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo concerning Masengo wa Kambamba, who was reportedly arrested on 23 October 1999 at the Mbuji-Mayi airport for owning a copy of a report on the human rights situation in the Kasai region published by a local human rights defence organization. She is reportedly now being detained by the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in the same cell as Charles Mfwamba (see above). 314. On 10 November 1999, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo concerning Sister Antoinette Farhi Mzigire, a nun working in Likasi, Katanga province, who runs the dispensary at Buluwo prison. She was reportedly arrested in Lubumbashi by ANR agents, interrogated at ANR headquarters in Katanga about humanitarian activities within the prison, and then incarcerated.

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