Civilians killed, abducted and tortured in sustained campaign of violence Islamic State-linked group’s violations amount to crimes against humanity “ The ADF’s violence is contributing to an escalating humanitarian crisis ” – Agnès Callamard Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are suffering a surge in human rights abuses committed by Allied Democratic Forces’ (ADF) fighters that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report. “I’d Never Seen So Many Bodies”: War Crimes by the Allied Democratic Forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo documents violent ADF attacks on civilians; abductions and forced labour; recruitment and use of children; and additional abuses and crimes against women and girls, including forced marriage, forced pregnancy and various other forms of sexual violence.…