DR Congo Investigations Needed More Than Ever

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A woman who was sexually assaulted in a displacement camp in North Kivu province, where she had fled fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 23, 2023. © 2023 Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo On Monday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk gave the chilling preliminary findings of his office’s Fact-Finding Mission into the devastating impact on civilians of the armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Since the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group captured Goma and Bukavu, the provincial capitals of North and South…

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