A/HRC/13/63 page 9 produced catastrophic results. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, thousands raped, hundreds of villages burnt to the ground, and at least 1,000 civilians killed”.3 21. The Special Rapporteur also observed that “the mines in the Kivus have not been demilitarized and continue to be exploited by armed groups, especially the FARDC”.4 In this context, the experts are concerned about reports that civilians are still subjected to forced labour, extortion and illegal taxation, and that sexual exploitation of women and girls is rife in these mining areas. 22. State security forces frequently carry out arbitrary arrests and detention and related violations. FARDC and ANR often exceed their powers and mandates. The PNC arrests individuals not suspected of criminal conduct, e.g., relatives of suspects, debtors or persons who resist attempts to extort bribes. The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office regularly documents cases of torture or ill-treatment at all stages of the detention process (see A/HRC/13/64). Conditions remain inhumane in almost all places of detention and result in several deaths per month. 23. Grave breaches of international humanitarian law continue to be committed by non-State armed groups, in particular FDLR and LRA. These range from summary executions, sexual violence and related atrocities and enforced disappearances to forced recruitment and pillage. Allegations have also been received indicating that Mai Mai armed groups are committing serious human rights violations in their areas of operation. 24. In many areas, a humanitarian crisis persists. When this report was finalized, there were some 1.9 million internally displaced persons in the eastern part of the country.5 While, in North Kivu close to 500,000 internally displaced persons have returned as camps in the Goma area were closed, continued LRA attacks in Orientale province and the ongoing FARDC Kimia II operation and related FDLR reprisals in South Kivu have created substantial new displacement. In addition, inter-ethnic clashes over farming and fishing rights in Equateur province in the north-west of the country displaced about 130,000 persons, including 84,000 who sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Humanitarian access to displaced and other crisis-affected populations remains a serious problem, not least because of attacks on humanitarian workers, committed mainly by criminal gangs. During 2009, there have been 125 attacks on humanitarian actors in North Kivu, including three murders, while there were 25 attacks in South Kivu, including one murder.6 3 Special Rapporteur’s statement of 15 October 2009 available at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/executions/docs/PressStatement_SumEx_DRC.pdf. 4 Ibid. 5 According to figures from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of 30 November 2009, the total number of internally displaced persons stands at 1,859,078; of those 709,064 are in North Kivu, 707,187 in South Kivu, 439,059 in Orientale province (171,376 in Ituri, 216,826 in Haut Uele and 50,857 in Bas Uele), and about 3,768 in Katanga. 6 S/2009/623, para. 38.