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DRC: Warring factions commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions, and abductions – new reportRwanda-backed M23 and Congo-backed Wazalendo accused of gang rapes and widespread abuses against civilians
20 Aug 2025 Press release -
DRC: 'Congolese know all too well the cruelty of M23' - new investigation of killings and torture at detention sitesM23 accused detainees of supporting the Congolese army and government
26 May 2025 Press release -
DRC: M23's rampant human rights abuses demand international action
the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group has raided hospitals, abducted patients, including civilians and hospitalised Congolese soldiers, and subjected them to acts of torture
18 Mar 2025 Press release -
DR Congo: Summit must stop atrocities of war and hold criminals to account‘Failure to seize this moment will only embolden the perpetrators and increase the likelihood of further atrocities’ - Agnès Callamard
06 Feb 2025 Press release -
DR Congo: Over a hundred civilians slaughtered by explosive weapon attacks - new briefing
explosive weapons used by both sides in escalating conflict in eastern DRC
20 Jan 2025 Press release -
DRC: president must halt mass execution of more than 170 people07 Jan 2025 Press release
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Global: Electric car industry rankings expose companies failing to protect human rights - New ReportElectric car industry rankings expose companies failing to protect human rights
14 Oct 2024 Press release -
DR Congo: Huge expansion in cobalt and copper mining is ‘wrecking lives’ - new reportMassive expansion in demand for metals for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars is fuelling abuse
12 Sep 2023 Press release -
East/Southern Africa: journalists in Rwanda among those in region suffering repression03 May 2023 Press release
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DR Congo: Authorities must investigate war crimes amid withdrawal of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels14 Apr 2023 Press release -
DR Congo: Investigation reveals Rwandan-backed M23 rebels heinous killing spree and rape of over sixty womenM23 rebels killed at least twenty men and raped dozens of women and girls in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
17 Feb 2023 Press release
