Accounts frozen at hospital of DR Congo rape victim doctor

Kinshasa - The hospital of doctor Denis Mukwege,
famed for helping rape victims in Democratic
Republic of Congo, has accused the authorities of
freezing its bank accounts in a "discriminatory" way.
Panzi hospital in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu
province, said in a statement Tuesday that the
Congolese authorities had seized its accounts and it
could no longer operate them.
The freeze had "a major impact on the functioning of
the hospital", it said, including blocking the payment
of December wages to 500 employees.
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"We ask for the authorities to stop these
discriminatory measures," it added.
Founded by Mukwege in 1999, Panzi hospital
specialises in treating survivors of violence in
eastern DRC, where rivals fighting for control of vast
mineral riches have used mass rape to terrorise the
local population for decades.
Mukwege last month launched an impassioned
appeal to his compatriots, saying that insecurity and
bad governance were keeping their resource-rich
African nation in deep poverty.
"Our country is sick but, together, with our friends
around the world, we can and will heal," the 59-year-
old said, as he received the European Parliament's
Sakharov rights prize for helping thousands of gang
rape victims.
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