Friday, December 08, 2006

ZIMBABWE: Women refugees in South Africa claim rape and torture at home / Reuters Alert, 7 Dec 2006

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"The South African government has been condoned for its "complete silence" over the high level of rape reported by Zimbabwean women applying for asylum, at the hands of the security forces in their country. At least 15 percent of the Zimbabwean women refugees who visited a counselling centre run by the Zimbabwe Torture Victims/Survivors Project (ZTVP) in Johannesburg over the past 20 months alleged they had been raped. "