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Amnesty International Condemns Abuse of Women Cons
Loaded on June 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1992, page 5
From: World Perspectives
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Gender Discrimination -- Women.
Location:
United States of America.
Amnesty International (AI) has launched an appeal to governments around the world to stop the rape and sexual abuse of women during detention.
In a recently published report AI said women all over the world are subjected to sexual abuse by police and prison officers. This type ...
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