Amnesty International Press Release For Immediate Release Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008 Amnesty International Calls on African Summit Leaders to Press for UN Peacekeeping Reinforcements To Protect Civilians in Congo (New York) — Amnesty International is calling on African and international leaders meeting Friday, November 7 in Nairobi, Kenya, to urgently press the United Nations Security [...]
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Amnesty International Urges UN Reinforcements to Protect Civilians in Congo
Posted in AI press release, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
End Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
Posted in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Legislative Action on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been a “war against women” in which thousands of women and girls have been raped with the intent to destroy their families and communities. All parties to the conflict have committed this violence but an overwhelming number of these crimes have gone unpunished. Last [...]
