Haiti, where rape is used as a weapon...

The government of Haiti is being urged to take action to stop the wave of sexual violence that is blighting the lives of young women in one of the world's poorest nations.

An online petition has been launched by Amnesty International to protest at Haiti's high incidence of rape, often of young girls by gangs of armed men, that was first highlighted in 2006 when UN workers discovered that up to half of the women living in the capital Port-au-Prince's vast slums had been the victims of rape. More + video...

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