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

By Amnesty International

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 […] The post DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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