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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the Sexual Genocide in the DR Congo. More details
Submitted by Roisin Robertson of BUTDA – Deadline to sign up by: 22 October 2008 – Signatures: 128
More details from petition creator
They Are Destroying the Female Species in Congo: Congolese Human Rights Activist Chrisine Schuler Deschryver speaks on Sexual Terrorism and Africa's Forgotten War. Between 1997 and 2004, up to four million people died in the conflict. In the latest mortality survey published in the Lancet, the IRC estimates today, three years later, 38,000 people die each month. A particularly brutal aspect is the war against women. ‘We are not talking about normal rapes anymore. This is sexual terrorism, because they're completely destroyed - they put hot plastics, wood, bamboo, guns inside, so the women need heavy repair surgery. An eighteen-month-old child died with broken legs after being raped for two months - males have suffered rape and genital mutilation. At Panzi Hospital, in Bukavu, eastern Congo, we found 60% are carried out by Hutu from Rwanda, the other 40% by rebel and Government troops. The hospital has up to 250 raped women waiting or healing after surgery’. Please take action now.
Current signatories
Roisin Robertson, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Ben Parish
- Anne Louise Avery
- R Vyas
- Karen Francis
- Russell Smithers
- Imelda Cox
- ian brocklebank
- caroline miller
- Corinne Branthonne
- Hannah Claire Sims
- Jaime Ede
- Augusto Casalnovo
- Andrew Garner
- Kristin Engesbak
- Jan Silver
- Kellie moore
- Jeansy T. Kazadi
- vincent luttman
- Didier Mombongo
- Oliver Tiebane Kinzonzi
- louise longa
- Alesia Budimbu
- Elie Ilunga
- Theresa Jones
- Mukelenge Kasiala
- Norbert X Mbu-Mputu
- Antoine Azangisa
- Rene Lingofe
- mongeme mofredo
- jean-marie ns ana
- Patrice Kalambayi Mulowaye
- Jules MAMBU
- Bienvenu Matu
- Kristina Zammit
- Bita Mbelenga
- Richard N'Gbale
- doris mulowaye
- Jude O'Connor
- Kate Mitchell
- Michael Ikala
- ClauBer BENTSCHE KABOMBO
- blaise kamanga
- Thomas Bowman
- ROBERT WILLIAM PAPE
- philippa wilkie
- Nicki Rensten
- Anton Viesel
- Michael Ben Ndjoli
- Bakolo Kongo L.B.K
- Rosalind Perrin
- Trevor Hatton
- Shaun Brown
- Adrian Harris
- Max kaval KIANDA
- Matt
- Berthie Matona
- james frederick whitehead
- Deborah Russo
- M.Ngando.Beatrice
- Beate Vogt
- Ludovica Bruno
- Elizabeth Robillard
- Laura Williams
- Dj lady Smurf
- J Richards
- Bright Ngabu
- Bright Ngabu
- William Nugent
- Laura Miller
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- E Sanders
- mr geer
- Emma Silverthorn
- Michael A. Sorfleet
- sharon cooke
- Sandra Eachus
- Nella Azana
- steve bramley
- Cristina Santos
- Nadine O'Hare
- faye ashley
- Nick Street
- Adrian Upex
- RAYMOND F. BRUSOKAS
- Nii Otom A. Anege Akwei
- Leyli Joanna Beheshty-Zadeh
- Janet Williamson
- Esther Bintliff
- Gregory Mills
- Julie Lyons
- Pete Smith
- Kenneth Wilford
- Emma Dobie
- Eloise McFadden
- Martin Marshall
- JESSICA ANDERSON
- Madeleine Harrold
- Maximilian Longhin
- Rosalind Cooper
- Nadia Woodhouse
- beverley johnson
- EVIE WAKEFIELD
- Alice Kennedy
- Maya Domb
- Charlotte Patey
- mrs Ingrid G. Price
- rosanna denyer
- Julia Frost
- Ruth Mitchell
- Claire Kemp
- anne-marie francis
- Kelly Smith
- D Bucknall
- Jayne Riley, PLEASE MAKE THIS A PRIORITY
- James Lamb
- Alice Dexter
- Tom Tamplin
- roger southard
- Elizabeth Ralph
- Jamie Reeves
- Rob Aley
- J Rawbone
- Jennifer S Webster
- James Knight
- Valerie Marsden
- Joe Hockaday
- Anna Cassar
