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names of four of the perpetrators were known, but that, in order to take action, the military
needed their full names. Only one case in Darfur reached the Court in the period between
20 June 2007 and the time of writing of the present report. The case involved a 10 year old boy
who was allegedly molested by a man on 13 July 2007. The case was being processed in Kutum,
North Darfur.
There have been a number of other documented cases. For example, on 21 June 2007,
three Fur women from the Rwanda IDP camp near Tawila in North Darfur were severely beaten
and raped by three armed men who arrived on camels. Two of the men wore khaki uniforms
while the third was in civilian clothes. The three women had gone in search of food and were
intercepted by the armed men. The women told UN personnel that they thought that the men
were SLA/MM soldiers. All three women, who were carrying children on their backs, were
subjected to severe beatings when they tried to resist being raped. The men later separated the
women, took them to different locations and raped them. One of the women became unconscious
after her ordeal.
On 23 June 2007, a 35-year-old IDP Massalite woman and her 7-year-old daughter were
attacked by an armed militia man near a hillside northwest of Kerenek, West Darfur. While the
daughter managed to escape, the woman was caught by the perpetrator and whipped several
times. She sustained injuries on her arms, legs, shoulders, and back. She later attempted to file a
police complaint but was advised by the police to come back after ten days. On 29 June 2007,
six women and girls were raped. These displaced women fled attacks by Governmental Forces
and militia in Beli Siref and went to Debaneira, where they were all robbed and raped.
On 8 July 2007, two female IDPs went to collect firewood outside Zalingei when they
were intercepted by two armed men on camels, suspected to be militia. The men were wearing
green and beige camouflage khaki uniforms and their faces were partially covered. The armed
men first verbally assaulted the IDPs and later instructed them to surrender their personal
belongings. They took away their axes and knives and later shot one of the IDPs in the foot. The
Zalingei police issued the victim with a Form 8 which enabled him to undergo treatment at the
Zalingei hospital. However, they refused to register a formal complaint unless the victim was
able to establish the identity of the perpetrators.
On 22 July 2007, a 28 year old Fur woman from the Kalma camp, in South Darfur, was
raped by a suspected militiaman, when she was returning to the camp with two female
companions. The man asked the women to which tribe they belonged and to where they were
headed. When the women replied, the man insulted them, referring to them as ‘torabora’. He
then held the 28 year old and ordered the other two women to leave. When they refused, the man
pointed his gun at them and threatened to shoot, forcing them to flee. The 28 year old was raped.
On 26 July 2007, in Deba Fooka village (North Darfur) three Government soldiers from
Sheg al Nakhara raped six women in and around the same village. A 25-year old Tunjur woman
from Deba Fooka said she was raped by two Government soldiers on 26 July 2007. The matter
was reported to the police, which gave them a Criminal Form 8 to complete.
On 4 August 2007, a 19 year old Fur woman was reportedly attacked by two armed militia
and raped by one of them, two kilometers north of Nertiti North camp, in West Darfur.
According to the testimony of the woman, she was collecting firewood with two older women
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