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‘Has Anyone Here Been Raped by ISIS?’

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The public’s interest in knowing explicit details of sexual violence must not outweigh these victims’ urgent need for safety and privacy.

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Reuters

ERBIL, Iraq — It’s been more than 50 years since a British journalist who came across a group of Belgian nuns in war-ravaged Congo was heard to shout, “Anyone here been raped and speaks English?” But the callousness of that line, made infamous as the title of a book by...

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