Monday, April 4, 2016

HEARTWRENCHING "They were freed from Boko Haram's rape camps. But their nightmare isn't over" وقد تم إطلاق سراحهم من معسكرات الاغتصاب في بوكو حرام. لكن كابوسهم لم ينته

وقد تم إطلاق سراحهم من معسكرات الاغتصاب في بوكو حرام. لكن كابوسهم لم ينته"At the heart of Boko Haram’s self-proclaimed caliphate in northeastern Nigeria was a savage campaign of rape and sexual slavery that has only recently been uncovered. Thousands of girls and women were held against their will, subject to forced marriages and relentless indoctrination. Those who resisted were often shot.
Now, many of the women are suddenly free - rescued in a series of Nigerian military operations over the past year that dislodged the extremist Islamist group from most of the territory it controlled. But there have been few joyous family reunions for the victims...."

The Orange County Register