After Hearing Accounts of Sexual Violence, UN Official to Bring Rohingya Case to ICC

Survivors who fled Myanmar told UN representative Pramila Patten about their experiences with “gang-rape by multiple soldiers, forced public nudity and humiliation, and sexual slavery in military captivity.”

Jessica Corbett
By Jessica Corbett
A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, lies unconscious on the shore of the Bay of Bangal after the boat she was traveling in capsized at Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands were still flooding across the border Thursday in search of help and safety in teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

After hearing personal accounts of torture and sexual violence from survivors, a senior United Nations official on Sunday vowed to raise the issue of persecution of the Rohingya people in Myanmar with the International Criminal Court (ICC). "Sexual violence is being commanded, orchestrated, and perpetrated by the Armed Forces of Myanmar," said

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US, UN Fight To Keep Rape Allegations Against Them Quiet

Whether directly or indirectly, the U.S. and U.N. are both responsible for allowing sexual violence and degradation to occur and for failing to punish those responsible after acknowledging their heinous crimes.

Ramona Wadi
By Ramona Wadi
Haiti UN Investigation

People walk in front of a UN base where peacekeepers allegedly sexually abused victims Port Salut, Haiti. RABAT, Malta --- As violators of human rights move to issue stronger guidelines for selective recourse and expect victims to comply, reports on past human rights violations offer invaluable testimony on the link between power and abuse.

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Kerry Demands End To Sexual Violence In War Zones

“We will not tolerate rape as a tactic of war and intimidation,” Secretary of State John Kerry said.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for an end to rape and sexual violence in conflict zones as he joined actress Angelina Jolie and Britain's foreign minister Friday at a London conference on the topic. Kerry said the world must stop looking away from the topic of rape and that it was time to "banish sexual violence to the

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Amnesty Intl: Civilians In Darfur Being Targeted For Murder, Sexual Assault

Amnesty International found that civilians in Central Darfur were deliberately targeted and subjected to unlawful killings, sexual violence, shootings and lootings.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
A Sudanese family takes shelter under their donkey cart at the Kalma refugee camp for internally displaced people, south of the Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan. (AP/UNAMID)

Ongoing fighting in Sudan’s western region of Darfur saw a dramatic rise last year, and in the last six weeks, another wave of violence has caught hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in the crosshairs, an international rights group said Friday. A once-heated war between the Khartoum-based government and various rebel groups with competing

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Indian Political Brawling Shows Rape A Voter Issue

Recent tragedies in India make rape victims a national concern.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — The 16-year-old reported that she had been gang raped, only to be raped again by the same men the next day and later threatened for going to the police in eastern India. By the time charges were filed more than two months later, she had been set on fire and died from her injuries. The girl's death on New Year's Eve in West

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