Gov’t hospital treated 14 rape victims in Feb alone – official Memoscar Lasuba | February 28, 2017 | 8:34 am
Juba Teaching HospitalJuba Teaching Hospital has so far received 14 cases of rape and sexual harassment this month alone, A clinical officer has said. Most of the cases were reported from different parts of Juba town.“Three cases were sexual harassment, while 11 were rape,” Samuel Legge told Eye Radio.He added that majority were from Kubi village, Lokiliri County, where six women were raped recently. Members of the army were accused of perpetrating the crime in Kubi. The administration at Bilpam is currently investigating the allegations. Last week, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission reported that sexual and gender-based violence including rape, abductions, and conscription of child soldiers in South Sudan had increased in the past years. Related stories: Displaced women tell of latest rape Nearly 40 rape cases recorded in Yei River 3 women raped in latest Checkpoint incident Gov’t to probe Terrain rape -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oreOLkAJzkf-CpOJihuCowkJtLuLW3hEFeb%3DoY8_%3DtvWw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
