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 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The U.N. said Wednesday that politically motivated human rights violations in Congo have risen ahead of historic elections and blamed government security forces for most of the violence, including killings and rapes.
The report covers January to June 2006, when the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo documented 905 human rights abuses and said more than 80 percent of the violence was committed by members of the nation's security services.
The exact number of violations considered political wasn't given, but the U.N. said it saw "a significant increase in the number of politically motivated human rights violations linked to the electoral campaigning," ahead of Sunday's vote.
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