Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a 'weapon of war' in Sudan to terrorize the civilian population, with hundreds of verified cases representing only a fraction of the actual scale of abuses, according to a UN human rights report released on Tuesday.

Sexual violence has been systematically used as a “weapon of war” throughout Sudan’s conflict, with hundreds of verified cases representing only a fraction of the actual scale of …

Casi una cuarta parte de los casos reportados fueron violaciones en grupo. Entre las víctimas hay 539 mujeres, 284 niñas, 8 hombres y 7 niños.