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Tens of Thousands Said Raped in East Congo
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Mar 07, 2005 12:31pm |
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| News Date | Monday, March 7, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | KINSHASA, Congo - Militiamen and renegade soldiers have raped and beaten tens of thousands of women and young girls in eastern Congo, and nearly all the crimes have gone unpunished by the country's broken judicial system, an international human rights group said Monday.
Hundreds of new rapes are reported every week, but only 10 soldiers and militants have been convicted of rape in relatively lawless eastern Congo since the end of the country's devastating war in 2002, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report.
"Perpetrators of sexual violence are members of virtually all the armed forces and armed groups that operate in eastern Congo," according to the 52-page report.
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