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UNHCR: Eastern DRC's Forcibly Displaced Victims of Human Rights Violations

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency reports hundreds of thousands of
   displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu and
   Ituri provinces are living in abject poverty and subject to mass human
   rights violations.

   A wave of brutal attacks by armed groups in North Kivu and Ituri
   provinces in June triggered the flight of some 300,000 people, mainly
   women and children from their homes. The U.N. refugee agency says these
   forcibly displaced people are living in dire conditions with host
   communities.

   UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch says the civilians are unprotected,
   subjected to extreme human rights violations on a daily basis and
   living in fear of death and destruction.

   "Five months on from the June attacks, killings, sexual violence and
   abductions persist amid continuing conflict," Baloch said. "Many women
   and children are still living in precarious conditions, sleeping in the
   open or in the overcrowded public spaces, further exposing them to
   risks of harassment, assault or sexual exploitation."
   

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