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Rape in the Congo: A weapon of war

In almost every modern conflict, rape has been used as a method of warfare. From the systematic rape of women in Bosnia, to an estimated 200,000 women raped during the battle for Bangladeshi independence in 1971, to Japanese rapes during the 1937 occupation of Nanking - the past century offers too many examples.

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