Human Rights Watch investigation finds rape,violence and arbitrary detention hold become common weapons against womenOn her way to a assembly with a UN official to discuss sexual violence in Sudan, Nagwa was detained by plain-clothed policemen who blindfolded her and held her in a cell for eight hours.
Nagwa, or a women’s rights activist,thinks she was silenced because the authorities feared she would blow the whistle on the time when security agents raped her and placed her under house arrest for her work with Nuba Mountain communities displaced by ongoing conflict.Newspapers hold referred to female activists as 'lesbians and prostitutes' Related: Outrage as 9 Sudanese women face 40 lashes for wearing trousers Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com