Idag nåddes jag av detta illavarslande meddelandet att Dr Dennis Mukwege utsatts för mordförsök....han är en duktig kirurg som opererat och hjälpt de våldtäktsutsatta kvinnorna i Östra Kongo under många år. Han har nominerats av FN till Årets Afrikan, fått Olof Palme priset mmm. Han får inte dö...han behövs!!
Assassination Attempt on Dr. Denis Mukwege, Prominent Congolese Doctor and Activist
Assassination Attempt on Dr. Denis Mukwege, Prominent Congolese Doctor and Activist
On the evening of 25 October 2012 around
19:00, four armed men, not in uniform, entered Dr. Denis Mukwege’s house in
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The armed men forced Dr. Mukwege’s
two daughters and their friend at gunpoint to sit silently on the floor until he
returned home. On his arrival, roughly half an hour later, one of the armed men
opened the gate and forced Dr. Mukwege out of the vehicle and demanded he hand
over his keys. The security guard on duty ran out shouting to intervene and was
shot and killed. The armed men fired the remaining bullets at Dr. Mukwege, who threw
himself on the ground narrowly avoiding the gunfire. The men then fled in Dr.
Mukwege’s vehicle, which they quickly abandoned before hijacking another
vehicle. The identity of the armed men
and their current location is unknown.
Dr. Denis Mukwege is the founder and
medical director of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, DRC. The hospital has become
known worldwide for the treatment of survivors of sexual violence and women in
need of specialised gynaecological care. Dr. Mukwege has been the recipient of
numerous international awards including the UN Human
Rights Prize, African of the Year, the Olof Palme Prize and the Clinton Global
Citizen Award. He has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
These awards recognize his extraordinary service, humanity and commitment.
Dr. Mukwege is a tireless advocate for the
rights of women in DRC. He has addressed the United Nations General Assembly on
the matter, most recently in September, and he regularly travels abroad raising
awareness of the situation in Eastern DRC. In addition to his responsibilities managing
and administering Panzi Hospital and Panzi Foundation, Dr. Mukwege continues to
see patients and perform surgery.
Contact person:
Maria Bard, Advocacy Officer, PMU
PMU has been working in DR Congo since the
1920s and supported the establishment of Panzi Hospital. Currently, PMU is
working in partnership with Dr. Mukwege to support survivors of sexual violence
and women in need of specialised gynaecological care.