DR Congo: Atrocities by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels
Abuses by M23, Militias Aided by Congolese Army Foment Ethnic Violence in North Kivu

The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) continues to target those perceived as a threat to the government. Several high-profile critics have been arrested or threatened and authorities regularly fail to conduct credible investigations into cases of enforced disappearances and suspicious deaths of government opponents. Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial detention facilities is commonplace, and fair trial standards are routinely flouted in many sensitive political cases, in which security-related charges are often used to prosecute prominent government critics. Arbitrary detention and mistreatment of street children, sex workers and petty vendors occurs widely.
Abuses by M23, Militias Aided by Congolese Army Foment Ethnic Violence in North Kivu
Detention, Ill-Treatment of Poor, Gay, and Transgender People
Acknowledge his Detention; Ensure Access to Lawyer; Block Any Return to Rwanda
86 Organizations Reiterate Call for an Independent Investigation
Presidents Should Discuss Elections, Violence in East, Accountability
“Suspect” Convicted of Manslaughter After Hasty, Quiet Trial
Abuses by M23, Militias Aided by Congolese Army Foment Ethnic Violence in North Kivu
Joint Statement by 90 Civil Society Organizations and Press Associations
Effective, Independent Investigation Needed to Establish Circumstances
Respect Free Speech; Free Detainees; Repeal Abusive Penal Code Provision