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DR Congo: Police Killed, ‘Disappeared’ 34 Youth

Published on: Wednesday 20 February 2019

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 27 young men and boys and forcibly disappeared 7 others during an anti-crime campaign between May and September 2018. The ...

News source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/21/dr-congo-police-killed-disappeared-34-youth

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