More than 150 people were killed last week in Guinea, and many more injured, after military troops opened fire on pro-democratic protestors. But bullets weren’t the only tools of destruction used to quell the political uprising. News sources are reporting on the mass rapes and sexual assaults perpetrated by military forces. Rape is an incredibly [...]
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One out of every three women worldwide will be physically, sexually or otherwise abused during her lifetime with rates reaching 70 percent in some countries. -Amnesty International This Thursday, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing on VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: GLOBAL COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES Sen. Kerry will be presiding, and the [...]
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