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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tessa Fox

Rape used ‘systematically’ during Lebanon’s civil war, report finds

A  statue pockmarked by bullet holes and shrapnel
The shrapnel-riddled Martyrs’ Monument in Beirut. The statue was hidden during Lebanon’s civil war, and returned when the conflict ended. Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

The full scale of the rape, torture and killing of women and girls during Lebanon’s civil war has been revealed after survivors were interviewed about their experiences for the first time in over 30 years.

Testimonies gathered by the human rights organisation Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), documented in a new report, provide evidence of systematic violence against Lebanese and Palestinian women and girls by government forces and militias during the 15-year war, which began in 1975. The conflict saw more than 100,000 people killed and 1 million displaced.

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