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Rape
in Iraq Yet the photos of rape and other sexual
torture of women at Abu Ghraib prison have still not been released to
the public (The other prisoners, G2, May 20). Evidence of the widespread
rape of women soldiers within the US military has similarly been
ignored. Yet US National Public Radio mentioned 10 days ago that 100 US
women soldiers claim to have been raped by their colleagues in Iraq. Why
is this not pursued and reported here? We wrote to all women MPs and peers
asking them to press for full disclosure of what is happening to women
in Iraq at the hands of both US and UK troops. We have not received a
single reply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When even women MPs are silent about the sexual torture of vulnerable women prisoners, no wonder rape survivors in Britain rarely get justice! They are ready to complain about pornography when women consent to and get paid for sex, but not about actual rape by Coalition forces and their use of it as porn. If your MP is a woman, you can
ask: "Why haven't you responded to the briefing on the rape of
women in Iraq sent to you by BWRAP and WAR ?" What are you
ready to do now? House of Commons Tel 020 7219 3000, if you don't know who your MP is, call this number and they can tell you and put you through to your MP's office. Some MPs list their email on www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm Please let us know what response you get! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Rape of women
in Iraq & Afghanistan by US/UK Forces: See also
statements from the Global Women's Strike and International Women
Count Network at www.globalwomenstrike.net |