(Patrick Byrne) The 2024 publication of a book on the prohibition of torture in international and Congolese law, authored by a general in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is both a rare event and a sign of hope.For every defender of human rights — for anyone who refuses to accept torture, wherever it occurs — this voice, emerging from the very heart of the military establishment, resonates as a powerful and courageous call to dignity and accountabilit