The UK-based Freedom from Torture group, which helps rehabilitate torture survivors, accused the DRC authorities of routinely detaining activists in inhumane conditions, holding them without charge and torturing them. "Torture, including rape, is endemic in the detention system, irrespective of the detaining authority or type of detention facility," the 99-page report stated. "Most of those who are detained, men and women alike, are raped, on multiple occasions and by multiple perpetrators. More than half of those who were raped described episodes of gang rape, the report said, resulting in profound physical and psychological injury. "The government is not only failing to prevent torture, it is tacitly or actively condoning torture," it said.

Source: News 24 November 06, 2018 10:52 UTC