Nonviolent action is the only way we can build peace forever."

-- Fred Bauma

Following Bauma’s participation in a peaceful political event, he was arrested and jailed in Kinshasa in March 2015. After an international campaign of media pressure led by Amnesty International, Bauma was freed 18 months later. Considered to be one of the leading exponents of non-violent politics in Africa today, Bauma is still working with LUCHA and other movements in Africa and is engaged in a wide range of activities aimed at making known the political situation in the DRC. LUCHA received Amnesty’s Ambassador of Conscience Award in 2016.