Search: Look for:   Last 1 Month   Last 6 Months   All time
Home :: World

Rape, sexual violence of women, girls common in Congo

London, Sat, 17 Apr 2010 ANI
null

London, Apr.16 (ANI): The rape and sexual violence against women and girls in the war-scarred east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming "normal" according to a new report published yesterday.

 

According to The Times, rape has been a weapon of war in the overlapping conflicts that have rumbled on in Congo since 1996 causing millions to die of illness and disease.

 

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of women have been raped in attacks aimed at terrorising civilians, humiliating the enemy and ethnically cleansing regions.

 

But the new survey of rape cases at one of only two specialist clinics in the Kivu provinces of eastern Congo shows that although the majority of attacks are perpetrated by armed men there has been a disturbing 17-fold increase in rapes by civilians.

 

Susan Bartels, a researcher at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, analyzed 4,311 rapes committed between 2004 and 2008. (ANI)

 

null


null
LATEST IMAGES
Manohar Lal being presented with a memento
Manoj Tiwari BJP Relief meets the family members of late Ankit Sharma
Haryana CM Manohar Lal congratulate former Deputy PM Lal Krishna Advani on his 92nd birthday
King of Bhutan, the Bhutan Queen and Crown Prince meeting the PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi welcomes the King of Bhutan
null
null
Post comments:
Your Name (*) :
Your Email :
Your Phone :
Your Comment (*):
  Reload Image
 
 

Comments:


   

OTHER TOP STORIES


Excellent Hair Fall Treatment
Careers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | About Us | Contact Us | | Latest News
Copyright © 2015 NEWS TRACK India All rights reserved.