OAN Staff Brook Mallory
3:03pm – Thursday, February 6th, 2025
A UN spokesman who highlighted the tragedy on Wednesday said the fleeing male prisoners set fire to the wings of a woman in Soma in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week.
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Seyph Magango, a spokesman for the UN Human Rights Office, announced to the press that the majority of the 165 female prisoners who were sexually assaulted by fugitive prisoners were later killed in the fire.
Magango, citing a source in the DRC court, told the media that only 13 to 13 female prisoners “all who all were raped” had actually survived the fire. Ta.
Non-sponsored Radio Okapi On Monday, a male prisoner killed by prison guards announced that he planned a massive breakout on January 27ththh Meanwhile, Congolese soldiers and the M23 rebel group fought for Goma's control.
The UN peacekeeping forces claimed they were prohibited from entering the site by the M23 rebels.
“There was a big prison collapse of 4,000 escaped prisoners. Hundreds of women were in that prison too… They were all raped and then they were [male prisoners] Lights the woman's wings. Vivienne Van des Pere, the special representative of the Secretary for Protection and Operations, for the UN organizational stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they all died.
He also said that the Muzenze prison where prisoners were detained is now “completely empty” and that it is abandoned after at least 4,000 prisoners erupted that day.
However, the announcement did not specify exactly how most people could achieve a coordinated prison break, assuming that the rebel group was responsible.
The rape of 165 women was later verified by DRC Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya. [this] This wild crime with the greatest energy. ”
Massive rape and murder are reminiscent of the DRC's decades of sexual violence history, with intrusive crime reportedly reaching even the country's highest hierarchy. For example, the DRC's military and its allies are involved in many allegations of sexual abuse, the UN Human Rights Office stressed on Friday.
Jeremy Lawrence, spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said:
Following a continuing battle with government forces that have killed around 3,000 people, the M23 rebel group, which claims to take over the city of Goma, called for an urgent ceasefire this week. CNN.
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