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Episode 17

Episode 17 of 20

Angela MacLean reports on cases of rape during the Bosnian war and on how some women feel they do not receive enough support.

An t-seachdain air ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ tha Angela Nic'Illeathain ag aithris air cùisean èigneachaidh aig àm a' chogaidh ann am Bosnia agus mar a tha cuid de bhoireannaich a' faireachdainn nach eil iad a' faighinn taic gu leòr.

Angela MacLean reports on cases of rape during the Bosnian war and on how some women feel they do not receive enough support.

30 minutes

Cùisean èigneachaidh rè àm a' chogaidh ann am Bosnia

Cùisean èigneachaidh rè àm a' chogaidh ann am Bosnia

"Thuirt mi ris, 'a mhic, dhèanainn-sa màthair dhut'. Bha e dha-rìribh cho òg ri sin. Ach airson trì no ceithir làithean, bhiodh e a' tighinn nuair a thogradh e. Chanadh e rium, 'Glas an doras agus thoir dhìot d' aodach'. Sin mar a bha e. Bha e uabhasach. A h-uile turas bhithinn a' rànail às dèidh làimh."

Chaidh Marija Kova? èigneachadh na dachaigh fhèin. Cha robh i eòlach air na fir a thug ionnsaigh oirre. B' e saighdearan a bh' annta, à Arm Searbach na dùthcha. Thachair e faisg air toiseach a' chogaidh ann am Bosnia, an cogadh as fuiltich a tha air a bhith san Roinn ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ bhon Dàrna Cogadh anns na chaill mu 100,000 am beatha.

Chan eil sgeulachd Mharija neo-àbhaisteach. Tha cuid a' dèanamh dheth gun deach mu 30,000 duine èigneachadh san trì bliadhna gu leth a bha an cogadh a' dol.

Tha oidhirpean a' dol eucoirich cogaidh a thoirt gu lagh; aig an tribiunal sa Hague agus ann an cùirtean Bhosnia fhèin.

B' e clach-mhìle a bh' ann nuair a cho-dhùin an tribiunal gum b' urrainn do dh'èigneachadh a bhith air a dhearbhadh san lagh son a' chiad uair mar eucoir cogaidh, eucoir an aghaidh a' chinne-daona no sgrios sluaigh.

A dh'aindeoin sin tha mì-thoileachas ann nach eil gu leòr ga dhèanamh gus na daoine a tha fo amharas nan ionnsaighean èigneachaidh a thoirt gu lagh.

Tha draghan ann cuideachd nach eil taic gu leòr ann do dhaoine nuair a tha iad a' toirt fianais seachad sa chùirt.

Sin, agus draghan mun ìre de shochairean a tha ri fhaotainn dhaibh, a thuilleadh air taic shòisealta, inntinn, is mheideigeach.

Rape cases during the Bosnian war

Rape cases during the Bosnian war

"I told him 'My son, I could be your mother'. He was really that young, but for three or four days he came whenever he felt like it. He'd say to me, 'lock the door and undress'. That is how it was. It was a horrible experience. I would cry afterwards, every time."

Marija Kova? was raped in her own home. She didn't know the men who attacked her. They were soldiers, in the Bosnian Serb Army. This incident happened at the beginning of the Bosnian War, the bloodiest in Europe since World War II.

Approximately 100,000 lost their lives.

Marija's story is not an unusual one. Some estimate that 30,000 were raped during the 3 and a half years of the conflict.

Efforts are being made to bring war criminals to justice; at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia's own courts.

It was an important milestone when the Tribunal established for the first time that rape could be prosecuted as a war crime, a crime against humanity or genocide.

Despite that, many are unhappy with the pace at which rape suspects are being prosecuted.

There are also concerns about lack of support for witnesses when testifying, and concerns that they don't receive enough financial, medical and social support.

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