A coalition of Rwanda-allied armed groups on Wednesday committed a range of atrocities that violate international humanitarian law against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), some of which include the gang rapes of women, according to Amnesty International.

In a new briefing entitled “DRC: ‘They said we would die’: M23 and Wazalendo abuses in eastern Congo” , details of the brutal murders of Congolese civilians, attacks on basic amenities such as hospitals, enforced disappearances of patients, along the calculated gang rapes of women , sparking outrage internationally. Gang rapes typically occur in front of their family members, such as their children, to strip women of their dignity and often lead to the proliferation of sexually transmitted diseases

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