terça-feira, 9 de novembro de 2010

South Africa fury at inaction over school gang-rape


The failure of a South African school to respond to an alleged gang-rape of a pupil on school grounds has angered rights groups and ministers.
The alleged attack, during school hours last Thursday, was reportedly filmed by three teenage boys on their phones.
The Commission for Gender Equality said the school was more worried about upsetting the boys during exams than the rights of the alleged victim.
Earlier, the children's minister said she was shocked by the inaction.
"The Children's Act requires all people in positions of authority who suspect that child abuse may be taking place to report such incidents, and this includes teachers," the South African Press Association quotes Lulu Xingwana, minister for women, children and persons with disabilities, as saying.
South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world.
BBC News