Congo ’shutting down debate on rape’, says director of banned film | World news | The Guardian
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A leading filmmaker has accused the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of shutting down the debate on the widespread rape, abuse and torture of women by soldiers after it banned a documentary about one of the country’s most renowned doctors.
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Thierry Michel was due to fly to Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, this weekend to present his film L’Homme Qui Répare les Femmes (The Man Who Mends Women), when he was told all screenings had been cancelled by government order.
Lambert Mende, the DRC communications minister, said the documentary contained “unjustified attacks” on soldiers who had fought and died for their country.
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