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05/27/2008: "Peacekeepers Sexually Abusing Children"

A 13-year-old girl said that she was raped by about 10 UN violent peacekeepers in a field in the surroundings of her home in Ivory Coast. After the rape they left the victim lying bleeding on the ground. The soldiers were not sentenced.

In the report it is written that the peacemakers and the members of charity organisations sexually abuse little boys and girls.

After an inquiry was carried out in Ivory Coast, Sudan and Haiti, the members of a British humanitarian organisation stated that hundreds of children are victims of these crimes and that it is necessary to protect them.

- It's a minority of people but they are using their power to sexually exploit children and children that don't have the voice to report about this â€" said Heather Kerr, director of the organisation "Save the Children" from Ivory Coast.

[ That's why many people join these charity organizations. ]

http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=151545