The Crime worse than Murder?

Yugoslavia. And what so many don't realize, is that often the targets of rape are Muslim females who are unable to marry after the crime. As such females are mainly valued for marriage and the production of male children, their lives are utterly ruined.

More than 40,000 rapes in Congo's two eastern provinces were reported during the 5-year civil war. Gunmen gang-raped children as young as three, according to the human rights group, and often raped women and young girls - some to the point of death - in front of their families. Boys and men have also been raped by the armed gangs.

While tens of thousands of rapes have been reported, thousands of others are thought to have been unreported. Many young girls are afraid to report rape to their parents or to authorities, for often they are blamed. Many of the victims die from lack of medical attention after being raped, and some commit suicide rather than seek help.

After all, what help is there when you life seems to be over?