• Angola: Stop Rape, Abuse of Congolese Migrants
    Press release
    May 21, 2012
    Angolan security forces frequently abuse irregular migrants during expulsions from Angola, including sexual violence and other degrading and inhuman treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
  • DR Congo: Bosco Ntaganda Recruits Children by Force
    Press release
    May 15, 2012
    Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, who mutinied against the Democratic Republic of Congo in early April 2012, has forcibly recruited at least 149 boys and young men into his forces since April 19. Ntaganda, a former rebel leader turned army general, is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes for previous recruitment and use of child soldiers.
  • Joint NGO Letter to Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders on Bosco Ntaganda
    Letter
    May 3, 2012

    142 Congolese and international civil society and human rights organizations call on the government of Belgium to provide urgent diplomatic leadership and support to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda.

  • Joint NGO Letter to UK Foreign Secretary William Hague on Bosco Ntaganda
    Letter
    May 3, 2012

    142 Congolese and international civil society and human rights organizations, call on the government of the United Kingdom to provide urgent diplomatic
    leadership and support to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda.

  • Joint NGO Letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Bosco Ntaganda
    Letter
    May 3, 2012

    142 Congolese and international civil society and human rights organizations, call on the government of the United States to provide urgent diplomatic leadership and support to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to arrest Bosco Ntaganda.

  • Central African Republic: LRA Attacks Escalate
    Press release
    Apr 20, 2012
    The Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group has increased its attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) since the beginning of 2012, putting civilians in affected areas in need of urgent protection. Attacks also continue in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Call for Solidarity with the Populations of Central Africa
    Letter
    Apr 20, 2012
    16 civil society, human rights, and religious groups in northern Congo and Central African Republic call for solidarity with the populations of central Africa affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army. In their call, they describe the situation and outline steps that should be taken as part of a multidimensional approach to ending the LRA problem. This is not a statement from Human Rights Watch, but we believe it is particularly powerful, especially taking into account the LRA’s significant and continuing abuses over the past few years extending into northern Congo, eastern Central African Republic, and South Sudan.
  • DR Congo: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda for ICC Trial
    Press release
    Apr 13, 2012

    President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately order the arrest of Gen. Bosco Ntaganda and promptly transfer him to The Hague for a fair trial. Ntaganda is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes.
     

  • Q&A on Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army
    Q & A
    Mar 21, 2012
    Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group that originated in 1987 in northern Uganda among ethnic Acholi communities.
  • From Campaigning to Action on Joseph Kony and the LRA
    Commentary
    Mar 14, 2012

    In the past week, a 30-minute video about Joseph Kony and his rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has received more than 90 million internet hits. Viewers of the video now know, if they didn’t before, that he is a wanted man with much blood on his hands. For years Human Rights Watch has investigated the LRA’s horrors, from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan. We have visited remote massacre sites and listened to hundreds of victims and survivors who want their stories heard.