Barthe Cortes arrested for lèse majesté


On December 16th - 2010, Barthe Cortes was arrested in Goma for four months for an offence against the dignity of the government (lèse majesté ). Details of the arrest are unknown. Lèse majesté arrests in Africa are rather rare. Usually the court gives other reason of arrest or; as it happens in countries of severe dictatorship, it does not give it at all.