South
Sudanese government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls
last week just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought
protection from renewed fighting.
At least one assault occurred as peacekeepers watched, according to witnesses.
Civilian leaders revealed that at least two died from their injuries.
According to report,the
rapes in the capital of Juba highlighted two persistent problems in the
chaotic country engulfed by civil war: targeted ethnic violence and the
reluctance by UN peacekeepers to protect civilians.
It was also pointed out that on
July 17, two armed soldiers in uniform dragged away a woman who was
less than a few hundred metres from the UN camp's western gate while
armed peacekeepers on foot, in an armoured vehicle and in a watchtower
looked on.
One witness estimated that 30 peacekeepers from Nepalese and Chinese battalions saw the incident.
'They
were seeing it. Everyone was seeing it,' he said. 'The woman was
seriously screaming, quarreling and crying also, but there was no
help. 'She was crying for help.'
He
and other witnesses interviewed insisted on speaking on condition of
anonymity because they feared reprisals by soldiers if identified. Source: Daily Mail
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