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While he was directing the HRW/FIDH field office in 1995–96, he researched and wrote a report on attacks against ethnic Tutsi in the
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setting the precedent that sexual violence could be considered a genocide crime. Longman also wrote reports for Human Rights Watch on attacks on civilians in the two
Congolese wars. In 1997, Longman conducted research in Burundi with journalist
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government to consolidate its power than to promote justice and reconciliation. The book is based on research conducted when
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during the 1994 genocide. This report was instrumental in pushing the
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