Four Congolese Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced to Prison

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          Four people in the DRC were arrested for "inciting disobedience" and will spend six months in prison. They were arrested for encouraging other residents of Goma to protest against the Congolese holding other activists in detention by whistling and banging pots and pans. The official twitter of the organization which these activists were from tweeted, "The condemnation of our comrades is further proof that in (Congo) there is not justice," meaning that this is just more proof that the Congolese government is not just.
         The government of the "Democratic Republic" of the Congo is obviously guilty in this instance. A country can't claim to be a democratic country if they arrest their citizens for exercising everything that is great about a democracy. These activists should be released and I believe the United States should put diplomatic pressure against countries like this. The U.S. should put some kind of economic restrictions to countries like this and Saudi Arabia if there are any existing connections.