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World Service,09 Feb 1999,28 mins,

Jadranka Cigelj - Bosnia

Women Who Dared To Speak
Contains scenes of sexual violence.

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This programme discusses the harrowing issue of rape as an instrument of war in Bosnia. Lawyer Jadranka Cigelj describes how she was repeatedly raped in a prison camp in Bosnia during the Balkans conflict. Since then she has worked ceaselessly to have rape prosecuted as a war crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.

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