Poor households suffered increased food insecurity as a result of COVID-19 restrictions while prisons were chronically overcrowded. Armed conflicts and inter-communal violence continued in some provinces, resulting in hundreds of deaths and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people....

A group of 146 civil society organisations today express their serious concern about the legal proceedings filed in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Israeli businessman Dan Gertler against Congo’s leading anti-corruption coalition, Le Congo n’est pas à Vendre (Congo is Not for Sale or CNPAV)....

We are concerned about the continuation of the human rights violations in the DRC, and the persistent lack of tangible steps to address impunity. In North Kivu and Ituri provinces, many civilians continue to be killed despite the existence of long-standing military operations and the Luanda and...

Amnesty International welcomes this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) following the presentation of the inter-session activity report of the Chairperson of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA). Amnesty...

Amnesty International welcomes this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) following the presentation of the inter-session activity report of the Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment, and Human Rights...

A year after a state of siege was proclaimed in North-Kivu and Ituri provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, allowing the military and police to take over all powers from civilian institutions, it has failed in its stated purpose of rapidly improving the security situation. Military...

We welcome the extension of the mandate of the team of international experts to cover the entire national territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The work of the team of international experts and the technical assistance provided to the Congolese authorities by OHCHR are essential at a...

Amnesty International welcomes the reports of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the international team of experts on the situation in the Kasai. Amnesty International is concerned by the continued deterioration of the human rights...

Amnesty International calls on the Congolese authorities to drop a defamation charge brought against a prominent human rights defender and activist. The DRC government must guarantee the protection of individuals who exercise their right to freedom of expression, while creating an enabling...

In this statement for the UN Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session, Amnesty International welcomes the report of the High Commissioner as well as the report of the International Team of Experts on the situation in the Kasai which highlights continued serious violations in the region. In light of...

Health and essential workers have played an extraordinary role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across countries, they have put their health and wellbeing at risk, often in very difficult circumstances and with very little support, to ensure that people are able to access the...

Between January 2015 and December 2018, Congolese security forces brutally and systematically cracked down on protesters who opposed President Kabila’s attempts to remain in power beyond his second constitutional term. By the end of December 2018, at least 320 people were dead and 3,500 had been...

A deadly accident and the deployment of the army to two massive copper and cobalt mines in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the past four weeks have exposed the country’s weak regulation of its mining sector and poor protection of human rights.