2013: NINETY-ONE women protesters raped and sexually abused in Tahrir Square in just four days

2013: NINETY-ONE women protesters raped and sexually abused in Tahrir Square in just four days

by 1389AD ( 223 Comments › )
Filed under Crime, Egypt at July 7th, 2013 - 12:56 pm

Daily Mail (UK) has the story:

…One woman required surgery after being raped with a ‘sharp object’ according to women’s rights group Nazra for Feminist Studies.

Women were beaten with metal chains, sticks, and chairs, and attacked with knives – some of the attacks lasted for 45 minutes before they were able to escape.

Last week, a 22-year-old Dutch journalist was gang-raped in Tahrir Square and had to undergo surgery for severe injuries – her horrifying rape is reminiscent of the violence at Tahrir Square in 2011 when CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted by a 200-strong mob…

Keep reading…

Also see:

Michael J. Totten: Egypt is No Place for Women

Tags: mob violence, rape, sexual assault

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