DRC Conflict: What happened during Goma鈥檚 prison break?
It鈥檚 believed more than 150 women prisoners were killed in the fire which broke out. An unknown number of children also died.
Warning: this pod contains description of violence from the beginning.
鈥淭hey died in the hands of the state. And to die in the hands of the state 鈥� that鈥檚 something we can鈥檛 just let pass鈥� Without their rights they cannot rest in peace.鈥�
Nearly a month ago, M23 rebels captured the regional capital Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time, one of the worst reported atrocities of the conflict took place 鈥� when more than 150 women prisoners and their children were killed in Munzenze Prison - after an intense fire broke out. The UN says most of the women were probably subjected to sexual violence before they died.
The horror of it all has left family members trying desperately to find the remains of their loved ones.
In this episode, Alan Kasujja speaks to Mwamisyo, an activist who was a prisoner at the time of the fire, and to Lumumba, whose aunt was one of the women who died.
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