{"id":47579,"date":"2022-02-02T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47579"},"modified":"2022-02-02T22:25:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T22:25:07","slug":"congolese-man-beaten-to-death-in-brazil-over-unpaid-wages-family-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47579","title":{"rendered":"Congolese man beaten to death in Brazil over unpaid wages, family say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moise Kabagambe was seen in a video from the Tropikalia beach kiosk&#8217;s security cameras being attacked by a group of men who beat him repeatedly with a club and a baseball bat, according to police, who have opened an investigation into his death. <\/p>\n<p>Three men have been arrested in connecting to the murder, according to police. <\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_8B513445-E052-0D2A-7A5B-BBDFCDE3B96D\" readability=\"29.101694915254\">Kabagambe moved to Brazil in 2011 after fleeing violence and conflict in Congo, his mother Ivana Lay<a href=\"https:\/\/extra.globo.com\/casos-de-policia\/congoles-morto-em-quiosque-na-barra-da-tijuca-apos-cobrar-pagamento-era-alegre-prestativo-25373773.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told local media.<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Lay said that he was beaten to death on January 24 after demanding back pay for two days from work at the kiosk, where he had served drinks.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.503411306043\">\n<p>Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s Secretary of Public Security Brenno Carnevale described the murder as &#8220;cowardly,&#8221; in a tweet and that he sympathized with the family&#8217;s pain. <\/p>\n<p>Carnevale added that he has ordered the &#8220;immediate ban on the operation of the establishment that is related to the dynamics of the crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that he hopes that &#8220;such and unacceptable brutality will be investigated by the police authorities and culminate in the criminals being held accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A0D93904-5A61-5996-4AA1-BC295C636207\" readability=\"28.057971014493\">Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eduardopaes\/status\/1488459599527264261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eduardo Paes said<\/a> Kabamgabe&#8217;s murder was &#8220;unacceptable and outrageous&#8221; and that those responsible will be punished.<\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed\">\n<div class=\"el__article--teaseimage\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/27\/americas\/joo-alberto-silveira-freitas-brazil-intl\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__image media__image--responsive\" alt=\"Fury over brutal beating in Brazil amid pattern of &#39;daily&#39; violence, activists say\" data-src-mini=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-small-169.jpg\" data-src-xsmall=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-medium-plus-169.jpg\" data-src-small=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-large-169.jpg\" data-src-medium=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-exlarge-169.jpg\" data-src-large=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-super-169.jpg\" data-src-full16x9=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-full-169.jpg\" data-src-mini1x1=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-small-11.jpg\" data-demand-load=\"not-loaded\" data-eq-pts=\"mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fury over brutal beating in Brazil amid pattern of &#39;daily&#39; violence, activists say\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/201125221623-04-brazil-protests-joao-alberto-silveira-freitas-large-169.jpg\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lay, Kabagambe&#8217;s mother, is pleading for justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They (the murderers) broke my son&#8217;s back, they broke his neck. I fled Congo so we wouldn\u00b4t get killed. However, they killed my son here as they kill in my country. They killed my son with punches, kicks. They killed him like a beast,&#8221; Lay told Brazilian Newspaper Extra.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_5CD94469-570F-D272-DF68-BC312405FB3D\" readability=\"33.787128712871\">Kabagambe and his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnbrasil.com.br\/nacional\/embaixada-do-congo-denuncia-assassinatos-de-congoleses-no-brasil-e-cobra-itamaraty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrived<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro as refugees in 2011 after fleeing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some of his relatives had been killed in the conflict, Lay said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_8F00A164-9E34-FC48-A770-BAA3DD9D7727\" readability=\"32.40234375\">Kabagambe&#8217;s murder has also ignited a social media campaign where many Brazilians &#8212; including local celebrities &#8212; are calling for justice. The country&#8217;s Congolese community has also <a href=\"https:\/\/esquerdaonline.com.br\/2022\/02\/01\/comunidade-congolesa-convoca-protesto-neste-sabado-05-as-10h-ato-por-justica-por-moise-barra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for protests<\/a> at the Tropic\u00e1lia kiosk where Kabamgabe was killed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_77EDAE52-820F-7631-6072-BAA40F4073C4\" readability=\"37.23670212766\">Racial discrimination <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/chronicle\/article\/racial-discrimination-and-miscegenation-experience-brazil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains rife<\/a> in many parts of Brazil, with Afro-Brazilians often targeted in racially motivated attacks. Tain\u00e1 de Paula, a city councilor for Rio de Janeiro linked Kabamgabe&#8217;s killing to xenophobia, saying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tainadepaularj\/status\/1487905234655584258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>: &#8220;RJ (Rio de Janeiro) is the 2nd city that receives the most immigrants in Brazil. It was Xenophobia! It was racism! Justice for Moses!&#8221; <\/div>\n<p>Kabagambe is the fifth person from the DRC to be murdered in Brazil since 2019, the DRC&#8217;s embassy in Brasilia told CNN. Three of those killings took place in Rio, one in S\u00e3o Paulo and one in Brasilia, it said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moise Kabagambe was seen in a video from the Tropikalia beach kiosk&#8217;s security cameras being attacked by a group of men who beat him repeatedly with a club and a baseball bat, according to police, who have opened an investigation into his death. 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