Congolese activist who tried to seize an artefact from the Louvre is fined €5,000

Gareth Harris, “Congolese activist who tried to seize an artefact from the Louvre is fined €5,000”, The Art Newspaper, Dec. 18, 2020.

“The Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza has been fined €5,000 and received a four-month suspended prison sentence from a Paris court for attempting to seize an artefact from the Louvre in October. His lawyer, Hakim Chergui, tells The Art Newspaper that Diyabanza was convicted of “attempted theft”.