Only the slight buzz of translation through diplomats’ headphones could be heard as Joy Bishara, now 21, described the night in April 2014 when armed men from Boko Haram burned her school in Chibok, Nigeria, forcing Joy and her classmates into trucks so tall they had to climb on a car to scramble inside.
Security Forces Violations in Kenya’s August 2017 Elections
Torture and Unlawful Military Detention in Rwanda
Sexual Violence by Armed Groups in the Central African Republic
HRW interviewed 296 survivors of sexual slavery and rape. These are some of their stories.
Despite a rare peaceful transition of power and relatively peaceful elections in the Central African Republic, the country remained insecure, unstable, and beset by serious human rights violations.
This report documents 305 cases of rape and sexual slavery by members of armed groups between early 2013 and mid-2017. The predominantly Muslim Seleka and the largely Christian and animist militia known as “anti-balaka,” two main parties to the conflict, have used sexual violence as revenge for perceived support of those on the other side of the sectarian divide.
The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis
