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Rebels in Congo used containers to hold journalists in brutal conditions, advocacy group says
At least 80 detainees, including two journalists, were held in harsh conditions in shipping containers, reflecting M23's efforts to control media and consolidate power, RSF said.
- On Tuesday, Reporters Without Borders reported that the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group detained civilians, including at least two journalists, in metal shipping containers in Goma.
- Following its takeover last year, M23 tightened control over media coverage in Goma, imposing restrictions on language used to describe its presence.
- RSF, citing witness accounts and imagery collected in 2025, described conditions as "inhumane" and "degrading," with as many as 80 detainees held without light or ventilation, facing routine beatings and reported deaths.
- M23 did not immediately respond to requests from The Associated Press for comment, leaving the reported abuses officially unaddressed and threatening press freedom in the region.
- These abuses occur amid a humanitarian crisis that has displaced at least 7 million people across Congo, where government forces continue fighting more than 100 armed groups.
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Reporters Without Borders called these cases a “dehumanizing practice” and called for an end to such abuses.
Reporters Without Borders published on Tuesday 24 March an investigation into the detention of several civilians and journalists inside containers in the city of Goma, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
·Paris, France
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According to a Reporters Without Borders investigation, the 23 March Movement reportedly detained "many people" in degrading conditions after the takeover of Goma in January 2025.
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Rebels in Congo Used Containers to Hold Journalists in Brutal ...
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Rebels in Congo used containers to hold journalists and others in brutal conditions, advocacy group says
A rebel group in eastern Congo has detained civilians, including two journalists, in metal shipping containers without light or ventilation, an advocacy group said Tuesday.
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Total News Sources20
Leaning Left8Leaning Right4Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Left
45% Left
L 45%
C 33%
R 22%
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