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UN rights chief says most DR Congo violations by state agents

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on January 27, 2020 that DR Congo's army and other agents of the state commit a majority of the rights violations in the conflict-wracked central African country. FILE PHOTO | MANDEL NGAN | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The mission said that state agents were responsible for 53 percent of the 846 human rights violations it listed in November alone.
  • Amnesty International delivered a damning assessment of Tshisekedi's government on the one-year anniversary of his taking power.

Kinshasa,

DR Congo's army and other agents of the state commit a majority of the rights violations in the conflict-wracked central African country, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Monday.