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10 male prisoners break into female prison raping female inmates in DRC

In January 2022, 10 male prisoners were found guilty of raping dozens of female inmates during a violent riot at a high-security jail in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 37 women and a teenage girl testified that they were repeatedly raped during the three-day riot at Kasapa Central Prison near Lubumbashi in 2020. Some became pregnant and contracted sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

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