International NGOs Report Mass Killings and Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC

Eye on Africa - Human Rights Watch and Amnesty uncover human-rights abuses in eastern DRC

Two separate investigations by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have revealed devastating human rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in areas under the control of the M23 rebels. These include executions and gang rapes of civilians. The M23 rebels have been accused of committing many of these crimes, but the Congolese state forces have also been implicated. The United Nations has described the decad…

Congo-Kinshasa: International NGOs Report Mass Killings and Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC

Two new reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reveal harrowing testimony of mass killings, sexual violence and forced displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscoring the human cost of the conflict despite ongoing peace talks.

International NGOs report mass killings and sexual violence in eastern DRC

Two new reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reveal harrowing testimony of mass killings, sexual violence and forced displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), underscoring the human cost of the conflict despite ongoing peace talks.

Killings, gang rapes rampant in Congo, rights groups say

One woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo said M23 rebels killed her husband with a machete before forcing her and 70 others to march to a riverbank, where fighters opened fire.

DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions

Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that violate international humanitarian law and could amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said in a new briefing. The brutality of the warring parties knows no bounds; these at…