The top U.N. human rights official Tuesday decried what she called a continuous stream of gross human rights abuses committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reported Reuters.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay also expressed concern that fighting between Congolese and Rwandan forces against rebels in the North Kivu area was putting many civilians' lives at risk -- breaking international law.
"The violations committed by the LRA are grotesque," she said in a statement. "I'm also concerned that the joint military counter-operations, unless properly planned and executed, could lead to further human rights abuses being perpetrated against the civilian population who are, in effect, caught between the conflicting parties."
