Rape by Nigerian forces 'endemic'

[spindrifter]

Aljazeera.net

Amnesty International, the human rights group, has accused Nigerian police and soldiers of raping women and committing acts of sexual violence with near impunity.

In a scathing report on Nigeria issued on Tuesday, it also criticised the Nigerian government for failing to bring the attackers to justice.

The report alleged that police were using rape "as a means of torture to extract confessions from suspects in custody".

The group documented cases of mothers being raped by soldiers in front of their husbands and children and toddlers assaulted after their parents had been arrested.

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[CrispyQ]

1. Human beings are the most savage of all beasts.

This makes me sick.

[Captain Hilts]

2. There's been so much of this happening in Africa the last 15 years...

I'll admit to being almost numb.

The rape of schoolgirls by school boys in Kenya, the Rwanda, then the massive rape in Congo and Darfur....Institutionalized rape, sanctioned by the authorities.

And we're not even talking about men raping young girls in South Africa because they think it will cure AIDS...