11 Congolese Fighters Have Been Jailed for Life For Raping Dozens of Children
A spiritual adviser reportedly told the men raping infants would give them supernatural powers/ A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has handed life sentences to 11 militiamen who raped about 40 children aged between 18-months and 12-years old. Human rights groups hailed Wednesday’s verdict as a strike against the culture of impunity around sexual violence in D.R. Congo, where rape is used as a weapon of war, Reuters “It’s a strong signal to anyone who would contemplate this kind of offense,” Charles Cubaka Cicura, a lawyer for the ...
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