Gay group in goma, democratic republic of the congo

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Though the Democratic Republic of the Congo technically has no law that makes homosexuality illegal, there is absolutely zero societal acceptance for it, which makes the idea of equal treatment a fantasy. Joseph Saidi, 29, is the former president and founder of Rainbow Sunrise, a non-governmental organization that supports the gay community in the city of Bukavu in eastern DRC. Saidi has endured police abuse in both his home country and in Uganda, where last year he was arrested and charged with sodomy , which can carry a life sentence, before a friend posted bail and he eventually fled the country. The previous year, in May , local police in Bukavu arrested, detained and abused Saidi as a strike at his activism.

Goma — The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo , Human Rights Watch said today. The warring parties have increasingly appealed to ethnic loyalties, putting civilians in remote areas of North Kivu province at a heightened risk. The Rwandan government has denied supporting the M23 rebels. The renewed hostilities by the M23, the Congolese army, and various other armed groups has forced more than , people to flee their homes, according to the United Nations.

Armed conflict in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has displaced more than a million people , with many of them fleeing from the Masisi area to camps for displaced civilians around the city of Goma. Numerous camps for displaced persons have sprung up there, where the population lacks everything: drinking water, food and medicines. The risk of epidemics and cholera is greater than ever, despite the work of Médecins Sans Frontières on the ground. On 17 February, we were alerted to the suicide of a lesbian who took her own life after being raped in the Kanyarushinya camp.