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Ansel Herz Reports on Uruguayan UN Peacekeepers Sexual Assault of 18-Year-Old Haitian
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15:09Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org — The commander of the Uruguayan Navy's United Nations mission in Haiti has been dismissed after the circulation of a video that allegedly shows Uruguayan peace keepers sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Haitian man. Haitian President Michel Martelly condemned the alleged abuse yesterday and said the victim had been subjected to "collective rape." The attack occurred in July, but graphic cell phone video of the alleged attack only surfaced in recent days. This latest episode follows others by U.N. forces. In December 2007, 100 Sri Lankan soldiers were deported from Haiti following charges of sexual abuse of under-age girls. In 2005, U.N. troops went on the rampage in Cité Soleil, one of the poorest areas in Port-au-Prince, killing as many as 23 people, including children. Yesterday, there were demonstrations in Port Salut, the seaside town in Haiti where the incident is alleged to have occurred.
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Democracy Now! interviews journalist Ansel Herz who broke the story. "Some people want MINUSTAH — the entire force in the country is now about 12,000 soldiers — to simply leave," says Herz. "Others are asking that they transform their mission from one of military so-called 'peacekeeping' into development, like building roads, schools, helping create the infrastructure that Haiti needs to get back up on its feet after the earthquake."
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