South Africa to Investigate Mass Rapes in Neighboring Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean women participate in a demonstration during celebrations to commemorate International Women Day in Bulawayo, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Emmanuel Chitate (ZIMBABWE – Tags: SOCIETY) – RTR2BDYM
The government of South Africa is invoking “universal jursidiction” to investigate allegations of a systematic, politically-based rape campaign in Zimbabwe.
The rapes are said to have targeted opposition supporters ahead of Zimbabwe’s 2008 election.
Anchor, Marco Werman speaks with Paula Donovan, co-director of AIDS-Free World in South Africa, who’s been advocating for the prosecution of the perpetrators of the Zimbabwe rapes.
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