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UN official warns of widespread sexual violence in Syria, Iraq
May 08, 2015, at 02:58 pm
New York, May 8 (IBNS): Sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a widespread and systematic manner, and with a high-degree of sophistication by most parties to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said Thursday as she briefed journalists on her “scoping mission†to the region in April.
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UN official warns of widespread sexual violence in Syria, Iraq
Fri, May 08 2015