Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Rape as a Weapon of War and Genocide -- in Sudan, Darfur and Burma --

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/darfur.rape/index.html

Scroll down and read about arrest warrant issued for first time for sitting head of state by International Criminal Court.

See also SWAN (Shan Women's Action Network's) path breaking report on Rape as a Weapon of War in Burma.

Oh--my big mistake--The White Countess was written by Nobel Laureate

Kazao Ishiguru, whom I met once at a book signing in Philadelphia, way back in the 1990s. And it's not Liam Neeson--it's Ralph Fien...