Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Opposition, Rights Group Demand Investigation into Congo Mass Burial

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A rights group and an opposition lawmaker called on Monday on the government of Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the late night burial of at least 421 bodies last month. The government said on Friday that local authorities had buried the corpses overnight on March 19 in the rural commune of Maluku, saying they were dead fetuses and still-born babies as well as unclaimed corpses. But U.S.-based Human Rights Watch suspects the bodies might belong to people killed in...

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