Landmark Kavumu Appeal Verdict Upholds Convictions

welcomes today ’s appeal judgment delivered by the High Military Court in PHR welcomes the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), confirming the conviction of 11 men, including a provincial lawmaker, who were found guilty in a 2017 trial of crimes against humanity for the rape of dozens of young girls as well a s for murder. As documented in this brief PHR video, some of the rape victims were as young as 18 months old.
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