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New Symbol of Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims
Aug 5 2009, Tom

It was around 11 p.m. when armed men burst into Kazungu Ziwa’s hut, put a machete to his throat and yanked down his pants. Mr. Ziwa is a tiny man, about four feet, six inches tall. He tried to fight back, but said he was quickly beaten down.
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Anne Bean, clinical director at the Cecil County (Md.) Department of Social Services’ Domestic Violence/ Rape Crisis Center, sits Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in her Elkton, Md. office. Since 2004 the center has used anonymous rape evidence collection kits,...

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