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Thirty-seven NGOs in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have urged the government to end the repression of civilians by security operatives enforcing the state of siege in Ituri and North Kivu provinces.
The NGOs expressed their concerns in a letter to Prime Minister Sama Lukonde who visited the region to assess the impact of the martial law that the government imposed last May in a bid to end the killing of civilians. Chris Ocamringa has more from the DRC capital Kinshasa...
IN: NGOs DECRY RIGHTS ABUSES
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