News | Denis Mukwege
| Denis Mukwege Wins Sakharov Prize 2014 | |
European Parliament - October 21, 2014 | |
 | Denis Mukwege is the laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2014. The 59-year-old gynaecologist founded the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in 1998, when a war took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where today he still treats victims of sexual violence who have sustained serious injuries. |
| Gunmen attack anti-rape doctor Denis Mukwege | |
BBC News - October 26, 2012 | |
| Unknown gunmen have tried to kill a Congolese doctor widely praised for his work helping rape victims, he has told the BBC. When asked whether he had been targeted because of his work, Denis Mukwege noted that the attackers had not asked for any money. |
| Seven human rights fighters receive top UN awards | |
UN News - December 10, 2008 | |
 | The United Nations General Assembly today awarded its top human rights prize to seven global advocates ranging from a Congolese doctor who treats female victims of sexual violence, a nun who fought for indigenous rights before her murder in Brazil, and the assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto. |
| US Lawmakers Consider Proposals to Curb Rape as Weapon of War | |
VOA News - April 1, 2008 | |
 | A U.S. Senate hearing focused on the use of rape as a weapon in armed conflicts, and what the United States can do to try to crackdown on the practice. |
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