18/02/2014
Pregnant teenager alleging gang-rape charged with adultery in Sudan
Ethopian teenager says she was raped by seven men last August, and now faces possible sentence of death by stoning Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs). The SIHA network said: 'Silence on crimes of sexual violence committed against IDPs, migrants and impoverished women in Sudan has been a pattern for years.' Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP/Getty Images A pregnant teenager who says she was gang-raped has been charged with adultery in Sudan, and faces a possible sentence of death by stoning. The country's judiciary has received millions of pounds in aid from the UK. The 18-year-old Ethiopian, who is nine months pregnant, is being held in a police cell and until recently was sleeping on a...
