And a leading activist in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been found dead following repeated threats on his life. Floribert Chebeya was head of the national network of Congolese human rights organizations and the group Voice of the Voiceless. His body was found in a car some time after he was due to meet with a top police official. Chebeya had faced harassment from police and government officials for his work against corruption and state-backed killings. The United Nations is calling for an independent probe. The UN rapporteur for extrajudicial executions, Philip Alston, says Chebeya’s death “strongly suggests official responsibility” from the DRC government. Here in New York, I spoke to author, playwright and activist Eve Ensler, who has worked against widespread rape in the Eastern Congo.

Eve Ensler: “We have to wonder where is the world community and where are the promises that were promised by the United States government, by Secretary Clinton, by the Obama administration. And I think it’s really important that all of us wake up to the fact that hundreds, thousands of people are still being murdered and raped in the Congo, and their deaths are not being seen and being recognized anywhere, really.”

Ensler and other activists are planning a rally outside the United Nations later today.