Published
Video length: 3 min
The UN recognizes Hamas rapes: “It is important that there is clarification of this fact”, according to Pierre Haski, president of Reporters Without Borders
Pierre Haski, president of Reporters Without Borders, and Johann Soufi, former head of the UN legal office in Gaza, react on Tuesday March 5 to the UN’s recognition of Hamas rapes during the October 7 attack.
(franceinfo)
Pierre Haski, president of Reporters Without Borders, and Johann Soufi, former head of the UN legal office in Gaza, react on Tuesday March 5 to the UN’s recognition of Hamas rapes during the October 7 attack.
In a report, the UN recognizes rapes perpetrated by Hamas during the October 7 attack. “This is at least one fact on which Israel and the United Nations agree (…) it is important that there is clarification of this fact, which had been denied, denied in particular by Hamas itself”, assures Pierre Haski, president of Reporters Without Borders, guest of 12/13 info, Tuesday March 5. The United Nations explains that it did not have access to victims of sexual violence.
The difficulty of investigating sexual violence
They have received testimonies, seen videos, but the victims do not wish to speak to them. “Sexual violence is systematically the most difficult to investigate”, explains Johann Soufi, former head of the UN legal office in Gaza, also a guest on 12/13 info. He adds that “Israeli authorities refuse to cooperate with the UN and have fired investigators from the UpperVSoffice of the human rights office, which complicates the task of investigators”.
