Overview

• Human Rights Watch reported that M23 fighters summarily executed at least 140 civilians in mid‑July, while U.N. investigators later cited a death toll of at least 319.
• Amnesty International documented widespread gang rapes by M23 and Wazalendo and one case involving FARDC soldiers, along with attacks on hospitals in Goma and several summary killings.
• M23 leaders dismissed the HRW findings as fabricated, and Rwanda’s government said its forces had nothing to do with the latest violence.
• U.S. officials called for an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting to address what they described as horrific abuses against civilians, including by M23.
• Recent diplomatic efforts have faltered, with a June Washington accord that excluded M23 and a July Doha declaration stalling as M23 later withdrew from talks and displacement reached roughly 7 million people.