Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda-Backed M23 Executed Civilians in Goma
- Human Rights Watch reported that the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group killed at least 21 civilians over a two-day period in late February 2025 in the eastern city of Goma, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- This occurred amid M23's seizure of large areas in eastern Congo since January 2025, during a decades-long conflict fueled by regional tensions and resource struggles.
- The killings targeted Kasika neighborhood near the former Katindo military camp, with victims including children and shots to the head indicating deliberate executions.
- Human Rights Watch and other groups documented over 50 bodies, videos with bullet holes, and interviews with 22 witnesses, calling the acts war crimes and urging accountability.
- The violence has intensified displacement and humanitarian crises, while Rwanda denies backing M23, despite UN reports and international calls for an end to external support.
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HRW Accuses Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels of Executing Civilians in Goma - teleSUR English
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of executing at least 21 civilians in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during February 22–23, 2025. Mass Killings in Kasika Neighborhood HRW reports that dozens of M23 fighters arrived in Kasika, Goma, on February 22, where they shot seven people in the head near Katindo military camp, a former Congolese army barracks. The #Rwanda-backed #M23 armed group summarily executed…
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels executed civilians in DRC: Human Rights Watch
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo executed at least 21 civilians over two days in February in the eastern city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Tuesday.
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