Congo-Kinshasa: UN Rights Body Should Take Further Action On DR Congo

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In December, violence broke out in Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Militias launched deadly attacks on villages, killing scores of civilians, torching thousands of homes, and displacing more than 100,000 people, including nearly 60,000 refugees who fled to Uganda.

Human Rights Watch has received terrifying accounts of massacres, rapes, and decapitation. In February, after an attack on Seseti village, a survivor described finding15 bodies, including three children, the following morning. "They cut off the heads and arms of some... and even slit open their bellies," he said. "We were too afraid to stay and bury them properly, so we just dug a small hole... and quickly left."

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