Protesters rallied outside Kosovo’s parliament against “degrading language” used by lawmakers in a debate about wartime rape victims that sparked widespread controversy.
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The Bosnian state court gave seven-year sentences to two men for raping a Croat woman at a prison during the 1990s conflict.
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Presenting its closing statement, the defence of Muhidin Basic has called for the acquital saying that the prosecution has failed to prove that the defendant is guilty of rape in Vares in 1994.
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The Cantonal Court in Bihac has sentenced Safet Delic to three and a half years in prison for raping a woman in Velika Kladusa in 1995.
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Kosovo must address war time sexual violence in the law dealing with the rights of war victims, a round table organized by UN Women in Pristina concluded.
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War rape victims are neglected in Croatia, the human rights NGO Documenta warned, requesting changes to the law and changes in the social attitudes to restore dignity to victims.
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A newly established United Kingdom expert team, formed with the aim to help victims of rape and sexual violence in conflicts, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina at the beginning of next year.
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Kosovo has marked the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women with a call for all perpetrators of sexual violence that took place during the Kosovo war to be punished.
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Testifying at the trial of five ex members of the Croatian Defence Forces, HOS, a prosecution witness described rapes in the Dretelj camp.
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The Bosnian State Court has sentenced Jasko Gazdic, a former Bosnian Serb army soldier, to 17 years in prison for raping several women in Foca in 1992 and 1993.
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Amnesty International, AI, has called on the authorities in Republika Srpska to recognize the full extent of the sexual violence during the Bosnian war and meet the needs of the survivors.
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During its presidency of the G8 summit next year, Great Britain will fight to stop wartime sexual violence, said William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, during his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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After the defence presented its closing argument at the trial of Jasko Gazdic who is charged with wartime rapes in Foca, the Bosnian State court has announced it will pass the verdict on October 31.
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Two Kosovo Serbs, who are suspected of having raped Kosovo Albanian women during the 1998-1999 war, have been placed under house arrest for a month.
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In its closing argument the prosecution asked that a Bosniak who fought for the Bosnian Serb army be sentenced for the crime against humanity for rapes of underage Bosniak girls in 1992 and 1993.
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