Rebecca Kabugho
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| Född | 4 september 1994 (29 år) Goma, Kongo-Kinshasa |
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| Medborgare i | Kongo-Kinshasa |
| Sysselsättning | Aktivist |
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| International Women of Courage Award (2017) | |
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Rebecca Kabugho, född 4 september 1994 i Goma, är en kongolesisk student[1] och människorättsaktivist.
Rebecca Kabugho var med och grundade organisationen LUCHA (Struggle for change) år 2012. Genom civil olydnad och fredliga demonstrationer ställde organisationen krav på president Kabila att följa landets konstitution och att hålla demokratiska val år 2016[2]. Detta ledde till att Rebecca Kabugho arresterades och blev en av världens yngsta samvetsfångar, något som väckte uppmärksamhet internationellt[2][1]. Hon fick, tillsammans med fem andra medlemmar ur LUCHA avtjäna ett sex månader långt straff. I december 2016 genomförde LUCHA ännu en fredlig demonstration då Rebecca och 18 andra demonstranter fängslades, den här gången i en vecka.
2017 tilldelades Rebecca Kabugho International Women of Courage Award.
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Noter
- ^ [a b] Basu, Rekha. ”Basu: World's youngest prisoner of conscience is on a mission” (på engelska). Des Moines Register. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2017/04/04/basu-worlds-youngest-prisoner-conscience-mission/100022564/. Läst 16 februari 2020.
- ^ [a b] ”Biographies of the Finalists for the 2017 International Women of Courage Awards” (på amerikansk engelska). United States Department of State. https://2017-2021.state.gov/biographies-of-the-finalists-for-the-2017-international-women-of-courage-awards/index.html. Läst 16 februari 2020.
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"First Lady Melania Trump poses for a photo with 2017 International Women of Courage Awardee Rebecca Kabugho of the Democratic Republic of Congo during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017" https://www.flickr.com/photos/statephotos/32909412353/in/album-72157681980941045/ "Rebecca Kabugho is an activist in the LUCHA (Struggle for Change) citizen movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite great repression, everyday threats and the risk of arrest, Rebecca bravely played a key role in a series of peaceful and non-violent demonstrations demanding that the Congolese government hold credible elections in 2016 as required by the Congolese Constitution. In February 2016, Rebecca and five of her male colleagues were arrested and convicted of inciting civil disobedience while planning a peaceful demonstration calling on President Kabila to abide by the Constitution. Rebecca and her colleagues were sentenced and spent six months in a prison in Goma. During her detention, she was lauded by social media and the international press as the youngest prisoner of conscience in the world—she was only 22 years old when she was arrested. On December 19,2016, Rebecca and 18 of her colleagues were arrested again in a peaceful demonstration demanding the resignation of the unconstitutional government before being released a week later. Through her courage, Rebecca has become one of the main activists of LUCHA and an inspiration for many young girls in her country. The organization continues to advocate for positive change in the Congo through non-violent resistance." [1]