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Rape at the US Mexico Border and Lack of Government Interference

Rape at the US Mexico Border and Lack of Government Interference. Alison Kent, Emily Lipson, Alexandra Moua , Emmy Ciabattoni. Washington Post: Witness to Border Rape.

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Rape at the US Mexico Border and Lack of Government Interference

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  1. Rape at the US Mexico Borderand Lack of Government Interference Alison Kent, Emily Lipson, Alexandra Moua, Emmy Ciabattoni

  2. Washington Post: Witness to Border Rape •  "I thought the wailings we heard at night were the coyotes barking at the moon," one volunteer told The Washington Times. "I didn't know until later that those sounds were the cries of women being raped in the Mexican desert, some less than 100 yards away from the border. There was absolutely nothing anyone could do about it."

  3. Rape Trees

  4. Mexican Highway to Tucson, Arizona

  5. Militarized Border Rape

  6. Detention Centers

  7. Rape Victim Organizations

  8. Has Justice Been Achieved? SylvannaFalcón states: • "When we look at human-rights laws, and at the different international human-rights treaties and conventions, clearly, any systemic violation of women in this way is a human-rights violation.” (SylvannaFalcón) • "Our society takes rape seriously, but it doesn't take this type of rape seriously. In all of our national discourse around securing our borders, rarely, if ever, do you hear about any kind of protection for people who might be crossing. Largely, that's because the discussion has been framed around protecting us - protecting the U.S. - and once you get into that framework, what happens to the other person is not even on the radar.”

  9. US Government Indifference: Allowing the Violation of Rights • Why haven’t those committing rape been punished? • How can the US Government use its influential power, in a just and nonviolent way, to end these crimes?

  10. The “Price of Admission” and Rape Trees: Witness to Border Rape • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYfKzuT5HQ • (skip to 0:42)

  11. For more information.. • http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid45d2f3672.html

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