If You Come Back We Will Kill You: Sexual Violence and other Abuses against Congolese Migrants during Expulsions from Angola
Categories: Human Rights
Sub-Categories: Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2012
Citation: If You Come Back We Will Kill You: Sexual Violence and Other Abuses Against Congolese Migrants During Explusions from Angola. Washington, D.C.: Human Rights Watch, 2012. Accessed January 25, 2017. http://www.peacewomen.org/assets/file/Resources/NGO/vaw_sexual_exploitation_of_angolan_refugees_may2012.pdf.
Sub-Categories: Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2012
Citation: If You Come Back We Will Kill You: Sexual Violence and Other Abuses Against Congolese Migrants During Explusions from Angola. Washington, D.C.: Human Rights Watch, 2012. Accessed January 25, 2017. http://www.peacewomen.org/assets/file/Resources/NGO/vaw_sexual_exploitation_of_angolan_refugees_may2012.pdf.
Executive Summary
This report documents abuses against immigrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Angola, based on research conducted by Human Rights Watch. It explores how women and girls have been victims of sexual abuse including gang-rape, and of sexual exploitation. It also highlights how beatings, torture, and inhumane treatment of migrants is commonplace.