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Video: Rape injustice in Mauritania

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 Mauritanian rape victims fail to find justice 
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The number of reported sexual assaults in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, has tripled in the last year.

But rape convictions in the north-west African country remain rare.

Charity groups say it is because judges are poorly educated about sexual violence, and outdated laws make it difficult to bring rapists to justice.

Zeina Awad reports.

 
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