Last week, a horrific incident took place in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 150 female prisoners fell victim to a devastating jailbreak. During the chaos, fleeing male inmates set fire to the prison, resulting in the rape and burning to death of these women, as reported by a United Nations spokesperson.
According to the UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, most of the 165 female prisoners who were raped by the escaping male inmates tragically perished in the fire. A small number of female inmates, between nine and 13, managed to survive the blaze, all of whom had also been subjected to sexual assault.
