Recent Amnesty International publications and news releases.

A human rights report by the group African Rights warns of an increasingly desperate situation for people living in the east of DR Congo.

Chronology of the struggle for control of the Deomcratic Republic of Congo, with links to key stories from BBC News Online's coverage.

BBC Special Report: War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Documents serious human rights abuses committed by Congolese rebels and by the government Democratic Republic of Congo, including ethnic persecution, restrictions on basic freedoms, and violations of the laws of war. In English and French.

Information on the current civil war in Congo-Kinshasa.

Web site of an opposition party.

Pro-government reports on the war.

Reports on human rights violations.

The Rwandan army and its Congolese allies have massacred and raped civilians in eastern Congo. Their opponents, Hutu and Mai Mai armed groups, are also committing atrocities against the civilian population. Human Rights Watch report provides detailed accounts of cases of murder, rape, and pillage carried out by all of the armed groups now fighting in the region.

The Official Website of the Forces of Freedom in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Digital Freedom Network: How did a professor in the Congo who criticized hate speech wind up arrested and tortured?

Political background to the DRC conflict.

Human Rights Watch DRC page, undated.

A voice for Congloese seeking better government.

Anglophone web site of the DRC political activist group.

Union for Democracy and Social Progress, DRC opposition party. Bilingual French/English.