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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9583

19 January 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/drc
Parliament denounces sexual violence against women in Democratic Republic of Congo

Strasbourg, 18/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption, on Thursday 17 January, of a resolution on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the European Parliament expresses indignation at the sexual violence perpetrated against women by armed rebel groups, government forces and the police. The war and the ensuing troubles to the east of the DRC have brought widespread rape. According to the DRC Humanitarian Action Plan 2008, 32,353 rapes were reported during 2007, which...

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