Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two rebel-controlled cities.

In a report published on Tuesday, it claimed the Rwanda-back militants were responsible for killing, torturing, and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in areas under its control.

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The latest conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has brought horrific violence and suffering to innocent ...

Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of committing war crimes, including killings, torture, and ...

“These acts violate international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said in a statement. The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing ... law and may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said in a statement.