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“We’ll Kill You If You Cry:”
Sexual Violence in the Sierra Leone Conflict,
presents evidence of horrific abuses against women and girls in every region
of the country by the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF), as well as
other rebel, government and international peacekeeping forces.-- Human Rights
Watch
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of sexual abuse and assault requires no corroboration of the victims testimony;
consent is not a defense if the victim has been subjected to or threatened
with violence, duress, detention or psychological oppression or if the victim
reasonably believed another would be so subjected if she did not submit.
- Patricia M. Wald, Dealing with Witnesses in War Crime Trials: Lessons
from the Yugoslav Tribunal, Vol 5, p. 222 |
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The United Nations
reported that as many as 5,000 women and girls worldwide were killed last
year by family members, "many of them for the 'dishonor' of having been
raped."
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'Honor Killing' Follows Families to Cities
Molly Moore, Washington Post, Foreign Service,
8.8.2001; Page A01
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