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Silence is the Enemy
Jun 03, 2009 15:57
In Liberia, sexual predation during the civil war was “normal.” One major survey found that 75 percent of women had been raped - mostly gang-raped, with many suffering internal injuries.
The incidence of rape has dropped since then but is still numbingly high. An International Rescue Committee survey in 2007 found that about 12 percent of
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natural20
June 3 2009, 15:38:42 UTC
Not sure about the British ambassador, but I'll sure as hell ping the Irish one. :) And link the article etc. elsewhere.
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the0lady
June 3 2009, 15:47:21 UTC
Thank you.
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livi_short
June 3 2009, 22:16:36 UTC
I've added a link to my twitter (
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anonymous
June 3 2009, 22:34:05 UTC
No matter how many times I read or hear stories like that, and I get to hear a lot of them first hand, it never fails to shock and upset me, and quite frankly I hope it never will (
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worst_witch
June 3 2009, 22:35:51 UTC
sorry, that wasn't supposed to be anonymous, my laptop managed to log me out.
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