内容摘要：To be sure, the existence of the arms embargo is not enough – its enforcement is key. That is already faltering after in early March, Uganda

To be sure, the existence of the arms embargo is not enough – its enforcement is key. That is already faltering after in early March, Uganda

All of the former detainees said they were either tortured or saw others being tortured with wooden sticks, electric cables or engine belts, the rights group said.Relatives searching for the missing were often turned away by M23 fighters, who denied the detainees were being held – actions Amnesty says amount to enforced disappearances.

Peace deal remains elusive“M23’s public statements about bringing order to eastern DRC mask their horrific treatment of detainees. They brutally punish those who they believe oppose them and intimidate others, so no one dares to challenge them,” said Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s regional director for East and Southern Africa.“Regional and international actors must pressure Rwanda to cease its support for M23,” added Chagutah.

The United Nations and DRC’s government say Rwanda has supported M23 by providing arms and sending troops – an accusation Kigali denies.The UN estimates that about 4,000 Rwandan soldiers support M23.

M23 is among roughly 100 armed groups fighting for control in eastern DRC, a region rich in minerals and bordering Rwanda. The ongoing conflict has driven more than seven million people from their homes, including 100,000 who fled this year alone.

Despite recent pledges by the Congolese army and the rebels to seek a truce, clashes have continued. M23 previously threatened to advance as far as the capital, Kinshasa, more than 1,600km (1,000 miles) away.over press access, and the Federal Communications Commission is investigating television news divisions.

Deadly Israeli fire kills at least 10 Palestinians trying to reach aid distribution point in two days.The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has condemned the new United States-backed aid model in Gaza, saying it is a “distraction from atrocities” taking place there, as a second day of chaotic, deadly scenes unfolded as desperate Palestinians tried to access aid.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said on Wednesday that 10 Palestinians have been killed and 62 injured in the last two days while trying to reach an aid distribution point west of Rafah in the south of the besieged enclave under the US and Israeli mechanism.Israeli forces “opened direct fire on hungry Palestinian civilians who had gathered to receive aid”, it said in a statement. “This heinous crime occurred during peaceful gatherings of citizens driven by desperate need and extreme hunger to head to locations supposedly providing aid,” it added.