Based on 71 interviews – including with 45 victims and survivors – Amnesty International examined the impact of the violence by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Fighters have deliberately killed civilians, attacked medical facilities, and looted and burned homes. They have abducted men, women and children and forced them to take part in attacks and carry out different roles in the group’s camps. Women and girls have been forced into “marriages” and pregnancies and compelled to live a life of servitude. The group’s actions amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
