Police Execute Young Men in Congo

Author:
HRW
Publisher:
HRW
Publication Date:
17 November 2014
Tags:
Congo-Kinshasa, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 51 youth and forcibly disappeared 33 others during an anti-crime campaign that began a year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report released. "Operation Likofi," which lasted from November 2013 to February 2014, targeted alleged gang members in Congo's capital, Kinshasa.

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