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Scores of women raped in South Sudanese town, says aid agency
Source: Reuters
Scores of women raped in South Sudanese town, says aid agency
Reuters in Juba
Fri 30 Nov 2018 18.09 GMT Last modified on Fri 30 Nov 2018 18.33 GMT
Gunmen raped 125 women during a 10-day spree of violence in a town in northern South Sudan, according to the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Local officials disputed the report.
Survivors of the violence in Bentiu said they were also whipped and beaten with sticks and rifle butts, MSF said, and they were robbed of money, clothes, shoes and food ration cards.
“Some are girls under 10 years old and others are women older than 65. Even pregnant women have not been spared from these brutal attacks,” said Ruth Okello, a midwife from MSF.
The state minister for information in Northern Liech state disputed the veracity of the reports. “A rape of such a magnitude is not true,” Lam Tungwar told Reuters. “We are a state [that] respects human rights and women’s rights top our list.“
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Reuters in Juba
Fri 30 Nov 2018 18.09 GMT Last modified on Fri 30 Nov 2018 18.33 GMT
Gunmen raped 125 women during a 10-day spree of violence in a town in northern South Sudan, according to the aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Local officials disputed the report.
Survivors of the violence in Bentiu said they were also whipped and beaten with sticks and rifle butts, MSF said, and they were robbed of money, clothes, shoes and food ration cards.
“Some are girls under 10 years old and others are women older than 65. Even pregnant women have not been spared from these brutal attacks,” said Ruth Okello, a midwife from MSF.
The state minister for information in Northern Liech state disputed the veracity of the reports. “A rape of such a magnitude is not true,” Lam Tungwar told Reuters. “We are a state [that] respects human rights and women’s rights top our list.“
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/30/spree-of-violence-in-bentiu-south-sudan-msf
