Amnesty call for crimes against humanity investigation of top officials in Congo
Arrested members of the Wazalendo sect are sat and lined up in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on August 30, 2023
A TOP rights group called yesterday for an investigation into a former governor and two top army officials in Congo for “possible crimes against humanity” during a deadly crackdown on demonstrators last year.
Amnesty International said in a report that Congo’s security forces killed at least 56 people and injured 80 more, during a protest in the eastern city of Goma in August 2023.
The protest was organised by a sect called the Natural Judaic and Messianic Faith Towards the Nations and known colloquially as Wazalendo.
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