Capital Quote 6/30/2009

Melissa Engle/MCC

Melissa Engle/MCC

Arrests need to be made immediately of known rapists and war criminals at the highest levels.  The United Nations must stop supporting military actions, because they are doomed in Congo.  And the root economic causes of the war need to be addressed with the leaders of countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region who commit violence to reap benefits from Congo’s minerals, as well as their Western corporate partners.  They, too, are liable for these atrocities.

- Eve Ensler, playwright and activist, urging action to end gender based violence in eastern Cogo.  Read the article here.

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