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Human Rights

4 Sites in Human Rights

Attacks on Civilians in Ugandan Occupied Areas in Northeastern Congo

Report on alleged human rights violations.

http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/bunia0213bkg.htm
Casualties of War: Civilians, Rule of Law, and Democratic Freedoms

Documents alleged human rights abuses committed by Congolese rebels and by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, including ethnic persecution, restrictions on basic freedoms, and violations of the laws of war. In English and French.

http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports/1999/congo/
DRC -- Eastern Congo Ravaged

Human Rights Watch report documenting alleged atrocities committed by the Rwandan army, its Congolese allies, and their Hutu and Mai Mai opponents.

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/drc/Drc005.htm
Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern Congo

Evidence of crimes of sexual violence committed by soldiers of the Rwandan army and its Congolese ally, and armed groups opposed to them.

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/drc/

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