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 OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat
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20 August 2007
Eighth periodic report
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
on the human rights situation in the Sudan
Women abducted, raped and kept as sex slaves
following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat
(1)
Issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in cooperation with the United Nations Mission in Sudan
1. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a public report in April 2007 focusing on details of the attacks on Deribat and eight other villages in East Jebel Marra, South Darfur in late December 2006. The villages were attacked by Government and allied militias on land and by air. Local sources reported 36 civilian deaths. The April 2007 report focused on a number of specific cases of sexual assault including abduction and rape.
2. This report, issued by OHCHR in cooperation with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), is a follow up to the April 2007 report and contains additional information gathered from victims, witnesses and subsequent field missions. While other human rights violations were committed this report focuses on cases of sexual and gender based violence. It benefits from the systematic documentation by UNMIS Human Rights of human rights violations over the period December 2006 to May 2007. In May 2007 UNMIS Human Rights conducted a field mission to East Jebel Marra to further investigate the attacks. During the field mission human rights officers interviewed former inhabitants of Deribat who were present during the attacks, including women who were among those abducted and raped. Similar attacks, abduction and rape by militia and Government forces in East Jebel Marra had earlier been reported in 2004.
3. Despite a difficult security situation, human rights officers were able to interview a significant number of victims and witnesses. Interviews were conducted independently and individual testimony by each witness was systematically corroborated. UNMIS Human Rights also interviewed a number of other secondary witnesses who provided useful complementary testimonies. Initial conclusions of the investigation were presented to local authorities in Nyala, South Darfur. No investigations were carried out by the authorities.
4. According to witnesses, the attack began early in the morning of 26 December 2006, when armed men on horses and camels, accompanied by at least three vehicles and an aircraft, attacked the village. “There was a plane or helicopter in the air. We were scattering in the mountains when the plane approached and once the plane had left, we would come back again”, one witness said. Although it has been difficult to determine the exact number of attackers, witnesses estimated their number at several hundreds. As soon as the attacks started, people began fleeing Deribat, seeking refuge in the nearby hills.
5. According to testimonies some women were abducted in small groups by different armed men at various locations including Deribat market. One witness, supported by multiple additional witness statements, indicated “The attackers collected many women from the town and took them to a wadi (stream) between Kutur and Deribat”. According to inquiries made by human rights officers approximately 50 women and many children were forcibly taken to the wadi (stream). All of the abductees were from Deribat and most were from the Fur tribe. The attackers are reported to have pitched tents in the wadi and the abducted women and children were forced to remain in the middle of the camp to prevent them from escaping.
6. Interviews indicate that the abducted women were systematically raped. One witness stated “they were raped by any man who wanted. Whenever any man came to them, the women were supposed to comply, otherwise they were badly beaten”. Another woman abducted with her sixteen year old daughter described how women were raped in front of each other. Women who took time to take their clothes off were slapped and forced to the ground. If a woman continued to resist, she would be beaten with sticks. One witness described how she tried to escape but was caught and tied with a rope for three days; she said “I was raped by three men while my hands were tied and my legs were only opened for the rape”. The victims that UNMIS Human Rights interviewed were from the ages of 25 to 40. The women and children were held by the abductors for approximately one month.
7. The multiple rapes by many of the attackers led to grave health risks from the consequent physical injuries and psychological trauma. A number of women became pregnant as a result of the rape, with pregnancy and delivery further risking the health of physically injured mothers. Some women are reported to have sought abortions, again resulting in serious health risks. Other women, who were already pregnant at the time of the abduction, gave birth under dire conditions.
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| OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-21-07, 03:38 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-21-07, 03:39 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-21-07, 03:40 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-21-07, 03:41 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-21-07, 03:43 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-21-07, 07:16 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Mohamed Elgadi | 08-21-07, 09:14 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | محمدين محمد اسحق | 08-21-07, 11:15 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-22-07, 02:56 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 08-22-07, 02:58 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Siham Elmugammar | 08-22-07, 03:21 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 09-04-07, 01:03 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Khalid Kodi | 09-04-07, 03:43 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 09-12-07, 11:42 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 09-14-07, 00:04 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Khalid Kodi | 09-14-07, 03:09 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Elmosley | 09-14-07, 07:39 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Elmosley | 09-14-07, 07:39 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 09-15-07, 03:08 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 09-15-07, 03:12 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | nada ali | 09-17-07, 11:38 PM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Khalid Kodi | 09-18-07, 06:30 AM |
| Re: OHCHR: Women raped and kept as sex slaves following the December 2006 attacks on Deribat | Mekki M Alhassan | 09-18-07, 08:44 AM |
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