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The 1.4 million people driven from their homes in Darfur are still at risk of unlawful killing; displacement, rape, detention, torture, starvation and disease.

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Colombia: Women's bodies used as a battleground

By sowing terror, exploiting and manipulating women for military gain, armed groups in Colombia have turned women’s bodies into a battleground.

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