Five pregnant women and family members who were sexually assaulted in front of their daughters were killed...It's hell there
Aug 21, 2025
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#. The father and four children were simultaneously kidnapped for no reason and brutally assaulted before being shot and killed.
Amnesty International has released a shocking report that sexual assault and slaughter of civilians are being carried out indiscriminately amid clashes between rebel forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The report details cases of sexual violence, torture, and extra-legal executions by rebels, paramilitary groups, and government forces between March and May of this year.
According to the victims' testimonies, women were indiscriminately sexually assaulted in fields, shelters, and even homes, and residents were brutally killed in front of their families.
An eyewitness said "A woman tied between two trees was sexually assaulted by six militants"We must punish them not to do this again." he appealed. Another woman testified that she had heard threats from militants that `any woman on the field will be raped.'
The International Human Rights Watch 'HRW' also said in a recently released report that armed groups 'M23' killed at least 140 people in the month of July.
According to witness testimony, M23 gathered residents from 14 villages in North Kivu province and massacred them with shootings and machetes. Some sat on the riverside and shot and killed them, and their bodies were hastily buried in the fields or abandoned in the rivers.
One resident said "They killed people mercilessly with guns and knives. Five members of my family were also slaughtered that day." Another resident found the bodies of a 47-year-old man and his four children aged 11 to 17, all of whom were decapitated," he said.
Sexual violence was also widely committed.
A total of 14 victims of sexual violence interviewed by Amnesty International were found to have been damaged by 'M23', five by 'Wazalendo militia', and one by 'Congo Government Forces (FARDC)'. One woman complained of post-traumatic stress disorder, saying "My heart is pounding and I'm suffocating just looking at someone in uniform."
An Amnesty official said: "The world must now shout 'Stop '" he urged.
The M23 attacked hospitals and kidnapped wounded soldiers and medical staff, and civic group activists, journalists and lawyers are also subject to oppression.
One activist, who was kidnapped in May, has not yet been confirmed to be alive.
Despite the peace mediation of the international community, the situation has not changed.
Congo and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington, D.C., through U.S. mediation in June, and a ceasefire agreement was also reached in Doha, Qatar, in July, but M23 recently left the negotiating table, causing confusion again.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
