Tomorrow, November 29, Sasha Lezhnev, Associate Director of Policy at the Enough Project, will testify alongside a distinguished panel of senior U.S. officials and Congolese and international activists before the U.S. Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on “Democracy and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
Lezhnev, author of the recent Enough Project report “A Criminal State: Understanding and countering institutionalized corruption and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” will present testimony on strategies to avoid a much more violent crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in particular through the use of greater U.S. financial pressure to leverage a successful democratic transition process.
For press unable to attend the hearing will be available for viewing on livestream.
When: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. EST
Where: Room 2255, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. Click here for details.
Livestream: https://
Witnesses:
Panel I
- Tom Perriello, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, U.S. Department of State
- Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
Panel II
- Ida Sawyer, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch
- Fred Bauma, LUCHA
- Sasha Lezhnev, Associate Director of Policy, Enough Project
- Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Professorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Hearing details: https://
Interview availability: Mr. Lezhnev will be available for selected media interviews following the hearing. For media inquiries or interview requests, please contact: Greg Hittelman, Director of Communications, +1 310 717 0606, [email protected].
About THE ENOUGH PROJECT
The Enough Project, an atrocity prevention policy group, seeks to build leverage for peace and justice in Africa by helping to create real consequences for the perpetrators and facilitators of genocide and other mass atrocities. Enough aims to counter rights-abusing armed groups and violent kleptocratic regimes that are fueled by grand corruption, transnational crime and terror, and the pillaging and trafficking of minerals, ivory, diamonds, and other natural resources. Enough conducts field research in conflict zones, develops and advocates for policy recommendations, supports social movements in affected countries, and mobilizes public campaigns. Learn more – and join us – at www.EnoughProject.org.