Congo-Kinshasa: UN Official Voices Concern Over Human Rights Situation in East

11 May 2012

A senior United Nations official today voiced concern over the human rights situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has experienced a recent upsurge in violence.

"The human rights situation in the DRC is of grave concern," said the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonovic, in the capital, Kinshasa, at the end of a nine-day visit to the country. "The activities of armed groups, particularly the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Mayi Mayi, constitute a major threat to the civilian population especially in the Kivus."

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