I regret to tell you that Christina Fonthes - a dear friend and organiser of Rainbow Noir has been held against her will in The Congo - she was on a family holiday with her mother who has decided to have Christina 'cured' of her sexuality.
Christina has managed to escape from her aunt's house and is currently hiding out with a friend. She has access to internet and has been communicating with us via email. The next available flight is 2nd September - 5 days away! Chris needs help and protection from the British Embassy in Congo but her mother has reported her missing and therefore we need to get in contact with both the UK Home Office and UK embassy in Congo to let them know that she is in danger and that her mother is lying/the one endangering her life!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS ON ALL YOUR NETWORKS. CALL, EMAIL, TWEET the British embassy on behalf of Christina - the more we call, the more attention it will bring to her case and hopefully they will act quicker in getting Christina to a safe place.
HER MOTHER HAS HER PASSPORT AND TRAVELING DOCUMENTS!
CHRISTINA'S LIFE IS IN DANGER. PLEASE DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
If you need more information PM me.
UK EMBASSY: 0871 050 5840
public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
DETAILS OF THE EMBASSY IN CONGO ARE HEREhttps://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-kinshasa
MOST RECENT UPDATE:
It has been confirmed that Christina was arrested after leaving the embassy and released back to her family where she is currently trying to negotiate her journey home. Christina's life is still in very real danger and we need to continue to raise the profile of this case on as many media channels as we can. We have no more information at this current time.
We are currently putting together a press release and a list of contacts to send it to.
If you want to help - If you have any contacts at high profile newspapers, media channels etc please forward their details to us.
See Rainbow Noir Twitter for updates. @RainbowNoirMCR
See Rainbow Noir Twitter for updates. @RainbowNoirMCR
Good news Christina is coming home. Thank you for all your support. However there are many men and women around the world who are not safe
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