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Trial Proceedings
Q
Sir, while one was raping you, where
were the others
Q
Do they view you the same or has it
affected you in any way
A
Q
A
They were standing at the corner of
the house and they were waiting their
turn, generally speaking, as people do
when they wait to sleep with the same
woman, and the house -- the house
was -- the distance was like from here
to that wall.
And at this time that -- while one of
them was raping you, where were their
weapons
One put down his weapon beside his
brothers, and after sleeping with me
he picked up his weapon again, and
the second one came and that is how
he did what he did. 1513
Witness 23 explained that his third wife had left
him because of the attack he had suffered. He
stated: ‘Once they had sodomised me, she said to
me, “You are no longer a man. You are a woman
like myself, so I cannot live with you. I have to
leave you.” ’ 1514
Witness 23 also spoke to the Court about the
consequences of having been raped. He said
that he received different reactions from his
community.
A
These people were aware of what had
happened to me. It was serious. It’s
true that there are some people who
would mock me, but others support
me and denounce what happened to
me, speak out against what happened
to me.
A
Q
A
Yes. Amongst the population, there are
some people who respect me. There
are others who make fun of me. It’s
because of this population -- well, if it
hadn’t been for that, I wouldn’t have
been raped, but (Expunged) and that
is why I was raped. Now I suffer. Others
don’t take this into consideration, but
there are some who do mock me, but
this doesn’t matter. We are acting in
the national interest, Mr Prosecutor.
Sir, has your rape affected -- sorry, I
will repeat my question. Has your rape
affected your family in any way
Yes, the rape did have consequences
for my family. You know, the dowry one
gives to one’s in-laws, the money, the
dowry that I gave for my second wife,
in spite of all of that, in spite of that
fact, she left. And my wife gave birth
to a child and God didn’t want bad
blood to create this. There were many
problems in my family. There were
people who died. There were cases
of separation. Mr Prosecutor, your
Honour, I really don’t know what else
to say. 1515
Q
A
Has this affected you in your discharge
of your duties
(Expunged)
1513 ICC-01/05-01/08-T-51-Red-ENG, p 36 lines 4-22.
1514 ICC-01/05-01/08-T-51-Red-ENG, p 41 line 25; p 41 lines
1-2.
1515 ICC-01/05-01/08-T-52-Red-ENG, p 34 lines 20-25; p 35
lines 1-15.
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