The acting UN emergency relief co-ordinator in DRC,...

The acting UN emergency relief co-ordinator in DRC, Carolyn McAskie, said random violence against civilian and flagrant human rights violations were prevalent throughout the country. "Both government authorities and rebel movements have used the war as an excuse for arbitrary arrests and detentions, extra-judiciary executions, widespread death sentences and the harassment of journalists, human rights activists and political opponents," she told the UN Security Council.