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Earlier this month, South Sudan’s rebel movement released 78 women and 50 children who’d been held captive for months.
In a five-month period of 2018 alone, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Army in Opposition (SPLM-IO) reportedly kidnapped over 887 civilians in a series of attacks. Many abductees, including boys under 15, are forced to be fighters. Women and girls are raped and abused.
On a recent research trip to South Sudan, Catherine (not her real name) told Human Rights Watch how rebel soldiers had ambushed and abducted her in May 2018. They took her to their base in the bush and forced her to be the “wife” of a soldier. He raped her for three weeks.
After eight months, Catherine was given permission to leave the base to get medical care on the promise that she would return. She didn’t go back, but now lives in fear.
It is a craven, indefensible choice. This week, European Union officials agreed to launch a mission in the Mediterranean Sea on the condition that it not focus on saving lives.
Iranian authorities have failed to produce any evidence to support their charges against members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation and should free them immediately.
Next week, there’s a unique opportunity to improve the lives of millions of workers as trade unions, governments, and employers try to agree on standards for work conditions in global supply chains.
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