Rape victims in Sudan face life of stigma, says report

Girls as young as eight are being raped and used as sex slaves in Darfur, says Amnesty International in a report published last week.

At the launch of its report the charity called for medical personnel to be sent immediately to care for survivors, warning, “Rape has a devastating and ongoing impact on the health of women and girls, and survivors now face a lifetime of stigma and marginalisation from their own families and communities.”

The rapes are part of what the charity describes in the report as “a pattern of systematic …