Extended detention for purposes of rape

Extended detention for purposes of rape

In twenty-four of the cases, women were kept by the regime's troops for periods of up to four months for the purposes of rape. Again this open use of "comfort women" without fear of reprisal indicates the climate of impunity regarding rape amongst the armed forces.

4 female and 6 male villagers were seized while they were working at a farm and forced to carry military things and go with the troops while they patrolled the deserted villages in the relocation areas, camping wherever they were when night fell, sometimes stopping for 2-3 days at a place. The women were raped almost every night by one soldier or another. These civilians were forced to serve as unpaid military porters for a straight period of almost 4 months, from 7.8.2000 to 20.11.2000, during which time the women were also forced to serve as sex slaves. (case 120)