RSF militia, mired in civil war for 15 months, accused of sexual violence, including rape and torture, in KhartoumGunmen from a notorious militia roamed Sudan’s capital gang-raping “countless” women and girls, some as young as nine, according to an investigation documenting the shocking prevalence of sexual violence in Khartoum during the country’s civil war.Some of the attacks by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were so brutal that women and girls died “due to the violence associated with the act of rape”, according to the research by Human Rights Watch (HRW). Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/29/girls-as-young-as-nine-gang-raped-by-paramilitaries-in-sudan-report
Author : Mark Townsend and Mahika Ravi Shankar
Publish date : 2024-07-29 03:00:11
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Girls as young as nine gang-raped by paramilitaries in Sudan – report
