The Black Coalition announced that it will report the death of Congolese Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambeao to the United Nations (UN) Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Articulated by more than 250 national movements and collectives, they will call for measures against possible crimes of racism and xenophobia. The document is still in the production phase and is expected to be sent to the UN on Wednesday (2).
This Tuesday (1st), representatives of the UN Subcommittee on Combating Torture met with leaders of social movements to talk about the mistreatment and torture of the prison system, the police and the dismantling of the national policy to combat and combat torture. . During the meeting, the group reported to UN representatives the brutal murder of Moise. The young Congolese was beaten to death in a kiosk in Barra da Tijuca, west of Rio de Janeiro.
Amnesty International also spoke publicly, emphasizing that the violence suffered by the victim cannot be ignored and highlighted that the case reproduces a systematic pattern of violence perpetrated against refugees and black people in Brazil: “In our country, xenophobia and structural racism walk side by side in perpetuating conditions of social vulnerability that threaten the dignity, security and lives of black immigrants like Moïse Kabamgabe.”
THE CNN, the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that Moïse is the third victim in Rio de Janeiro and the fifth in Brazil, with one case in São Paulo and another in Brasília. A document demanding answers to the cases from the Brazilian government was sent to Itamaraty.
In a Note, Itamaraty expressed indignation at the barbarism and says that it hopes that the culprit or culprits will be brought to justice in the shortest possible time. Teams from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Migration Agency (IOM) in Brazil and PARES Cáritas RJ also reported that they are monitoring the outcome of the case.
At the end of the morning of this Wednesday (2), the three men suspected of beating Moïse to death were transferred from the Homicide Division to the prison in Benfica, North Zone of Rio. three, while the Civil Police continues its investigations.
According to the OAB’s Human Rights Commission, the Congolese’s family members should be heard by the police this Wednesday, at the Barra da Tijuca Homicide Division. Images obtained by the investigation show that the Congolese was beaten for 15 minutes.
THE CNN had access to all the images of the kiosk’s internal circuit and decided to show the excerpts that show the ambush of Moïse. Assaults will not be displayed.
Source: CNN Brasil
