Apr
9
By Violet
Sophisticated laboratories inside Afghanistan are now converting 90 percent of the country’s opium into heroin and morphine before smuggling it around the world, the United Nations said, cited by an AFP report last year..The report said Afghanistan had until three years ago exported the illicit drug almost exclusively in its raw form, according to [...]
Apr
9
Rape still a big issue for women in Darfur
April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Cindy Ru
A new report released by the New York-based Human Rights Watch says five year since the Darfur crisis broke out, women and girls in the region are still facing great danger of rape and sexual violence.
The 44-page report, entitled “Five Years On, No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur”, draws a detailed picture [...]
