DRC: Activist escapes firing squad

Marie-Therese Nlandu, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo has escaped death by firing squad. She was also freed from going to jail for 50 years, which was an option to the firing squad. Mrs Nlandu returned to Congo in 2006 to participate in the Presidential polls won by Joseph Kabila. Her arrest resulted in November after she had protested the results at the court last November.