Guinean Women Allege Rapes and Sexual Violence on Sept. 28, 2009 Violence by Government Soldiers

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Thierno Maadjou Sow, head of the Guinean Human Rights Organisation, said it was setting up an association for women who had been raped so they could take legal action.While details of Guinean soldiers suppressing a political demonstration in a stadium last week were global news, the fact that women were subject to numerous rapes, beatings and acts of humiliation were not widely known.

But even more than the shootings, the attacks on women — horrific anywhere, but viewed with particular revulsion in Muslim countries like this one — appear to have traumatized the citizenry and hardened the opposition’s determination to force out the leader of the military junta, Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara. via NYTimes

I’ve checked the Al Jazeera English story on Guinea, updated on Sunday Oct. 4, 2009 and it does not mention any sexual violence against women. See Guinea leader rejects peacekeepers.

AllAfrica.com does report the sexual violence: Guinea Protest - Groups Seek Probe of Killings, Rape of Women

AFP provides the story and photo: Women allege rape during Guinea massacre

Comments

[earwicga]

I read about this morning in the NYT, and it is absolutely horrific! Reminded me of the stadium rapes of Bosnian women. Not a lot of coverage is there?