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Rape as a Weapon II
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“‘Neighbourhoods and homes were continuously attacked, looted, burned and destroyed,’ especially those where Masalit and other African communities lived, and their people were harassed, assaulted, sexually abused, and at times, executed [1A].”
The United Nations confirms that rape is being used as a weapon against women and girls in the Sudanese civil war [1B][2A].
NGOs describe rape as an everyday occurrence, with both warring parties participating, and numbers estimated as high as 4,400 during this latest conflict [2B]. But civil war has been ongoing in Sudan (in three stages) since 1955, and rape has been employed from the outset [3].
“…systemic rape in homes, detention facilities, public checkpoints, and interrogation centres…committed mainly by members of the police force, intelligence officers, interrogators and prison guards…[including] forced nudity, [punitive] virginity test, and sexual torture [4A].”
This tactic is not new. We have seen it used in Iraq; Rwanda; Syria, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East during the Arab Spring; in India; and most recently against Israel [4B][5][6][7A][8][9]. In Rwanda, between 100,000 and 250,000 women were raped during the three months of genocide. Continue reading
Sisterhood and Sexual Violence by Hamas
Graffiti by Grafitiyul and Guy Morad critical of women’s organizations which ignored testimony by Israeli women regarding rape and sexual violence during Hamas terrorist attacks 10/7/23, Author Nizzan Cohen (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).
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The BBC in December 2023 confirmed that it had seen and heard credible evidence of the rape and mutilation of women by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel [1].
The overwhelming evidence of savagery included cuts, bruises, broken pelvises, and vaginal tears. Victims ranged in age from children and teens to retirees. The majority did not survive.
“[Many victims’ bodies were] found mutilated and bound, with sexual organs brutally attacked, and in some cases, weapons were inserted into them [2A]”.
The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel has now gathered evidence that there were identical patterns of sexual violence at multiple locations [2B]. Some rapes were committed in front of family and friends, to increase the pain and humiliation of victims and their loved ones. Gang rape followed by murder was not uncommon. Continue reading
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Nuremberg…Again
Philadelphia’s trial of Msgr. William Lynn for the systematic cover up by Catholic Church officials of pedophilia by priests continues.
The defense rests on two grounds: the advice of legal counsel that reporting to law enforcement was unnecessary, since the statute of limitations had run; and the orders of now deceased Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.
Of course, the Statute of Limitations had not yet run when many claims were initially made. Often, it was the delayed handling by church officials which caused the statute to run. Nor was there a re-examination of the issue, when the Statute of Limitations was extended by the legislature.
In fact, had the Catholic Church acted in the best interests of the victims, it could easily have waived the Statute of Limitations at any time.
As to the second ground, it was previously raised by Adolf Eichmann at the Nuremberg war crimes trials. He was “only following orders,” too.
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