{{A legislator from eastern Congo has been sentenced to three years in prison and stripped of his post after making critical comments about governmental authorities during a radio broadcast.}}<\/p>\n
Muhindo Nzangi was accused of breaching state security after making the comments on private station Radio KivuOne.<\/p>\n
In the verdict handed down late Tuesday, he was acquitted of more serious charges against him that carried a possible 20-year sentence.<\/p>\n
Defense attorney Ruffin Lukoo said Nzangi’s sentence is alarming and undermines democracy in this Central African country.<\/p>\n
Nzangi hails from Goma in eastern Congo, where the Congolese army and United Nations forces are stepping up their efforts against rebel groups. <\/p>\n
Goma briefly fell into the hands of M23 rebels last November and those fighters have said they’re not ruling out another attack.<\/p>\n
Source: Fermont Tribune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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