Document #1050694

Guardian (Author)

Raped for being on the 'wrong side'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2209383,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

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    Raped for being on the 'wrong side' (Media Report, English)

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    ecoi.net description:
    East of DRC: Sexual violence is used as an instrument of war to terrorise and punish civilians who support the wrong side; human rights groups describe gang rapes as commonplace and often accompanied by torture; many young women have been abducted into sexual slavery
    Country:
    Congo, Democratic Republic
    Source:
    Guardian (Author)
    Original link:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2209383,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
    Document type:
    Media Report
    Language:
    English
    Published:
    12 November 2007
    Document ID:
    1050694 (former ID 85783)

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