Congolese Woman testifies before US senators about sexual violence in Congo

A Congolese woman testifies at the congressional hearing on sexual violence in the Congo held on May 19, 2009 before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs and the new Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Womens Issues. The hearing was called "Confronting Rape and other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones Spotlight: DRC and Sudan.

You can find the transcript for the hearing here: http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg090513p.html

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[toeg1]

Why is the world so silent about this atrocity? Are these people less deserving because they aren't from Western countries? Where is the outrage?

Just listening to one person in a committee is worthless. There must be action and the world needs to stand for these women and stop this suffering.

No one in the West moves because the minerals that are mined are more important than the lives of these women and children. Quit the BS Senator Boxer, what is the US doing???

[adronaman]

all the bst and justice for the women of the great lakes of Africa. and for human kind..

[Melodies4guitar]

This is heartbreaking. I want so badly to help them.

[o0LoveLove0o]

I wish someone would help these people. I think sometimes we don't know who to help. Which move is right or wrong. Who is getting the aid. These people need to stop hurting their people.

[mrfamilyman1000]

1994 in Rwanda The Genocide killed near 2 million in 100 days. Using clubs with nails and machettes. Children, women and men were mutilated and familys completly wiped out. Un born children were cut out of wombs and husbands made to watch. They went beyond rape and cut out virginas and "chopped" people to death. The congo is were the hutu retreted and the war has claimed millions of other helpless victims ever since. It has been going on for 10 years ever since. No one will help them.

[Fadjiiii]

The criminal Swedish government and police are throwing people who seeks asylum in jail. Marie Antoinette from Burundi is in jail in Sweden beacuse she was seeking asylum, she has done NO crime. Sweden is the worlds biggest fraud. Swedish government is robbing Africa since 1956. Swedish weapons is killing 100000 children in Irak, Africa, Afghanistan, Indonesia etc etc. Marie was beaten and by Swedish police and they put paper in her mout to stop her pray to God. Devil will take you said police!

[HeshimaJameni]

One reason I don't trust Raila in particular is his obsession with posts! To him, politics is a game of who gets what post! Build infrastructure throughout the country and not just in Nairobi, for God's sake, and the people will use their innovation and prosper.They will all stop migrating to Nairobi. CDF money cannot build national infrastructure such as roads, railways, airports, etc. And crreating posts at the top won't put food on the table of poor families either!

[buashraf]

Heshimajamani. I also believe Balala was honest and I could easily vote for him for president. But when he was vying for the ODM presidential ticket, a Kenyan I know was really mad about it saying that we cant vote for an Arab. Nonetheless when he paved way for Raila, the same Kenyan went round singing the patriotism that Balala had shown for giving way to Raila. The truth is Kenya is a highly polarised society. The politicians take advantage of this. There´s too much ethnicity talk in politics

[HeshimaJameni]

I believe Balala was sincere. He sometimes shows some indications of inclination towards the people. I don't know whether it is self doubt or what. But he could be a legitimate leader in terms of his honesty. I think he should go for it this time. Kenyans might surprise him... in a positive way.

[HeshimaJameni]

Kenya is a dictatorship, I insist. And Raila, ODM, Kibaki, PNU, Kalonzo, the whole lot including all the elected MPs are the dictactors. What I mean is that they betrayed the people's trust. Not all dictators are bad per se. Take an example of Nyerere, he was sincere.He even in restrospect admited that he made "honest" mistakes. He rallied his people to sacrifice and stand up to the western powers both intellectually and in his deeds on the question of the liberation of the entire continent.