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| South Africa anti-rape protests: Rhodes University students arrested | South Africa anti-rape protests: Rhodes University students arrested |
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| A number of students have been arrested at South Africa's Rhodes University following protests that allegations of rape on campus are not taken seriously. | A number of students have been arrested at South Africa's Rhodes University following protests that allegations of rape on campus are not taken seriously. |
| Police have used pepper spray and stun guns on the third day of protests to try to disperse students, some of whom demonstrated topless on Tuesday. | Police have used pepper spray and stun guns on the third day of protests to try to disperse students, some of whom demonstrated topless on Tuesday. |
| A list of alleged campus rapists was leaked on social media on Sunday by a student group angered by assaults. | A list of alleged campus rapists was leaked on social media on Sunday by a student group angered by assaults. |
| The university has suspended lectures and set up a task team to investigate. | The university has suspended lectures and set up a task team to investigate. |
| The hashtags #RUReferencelist - referring to the 11 alleged rapists named on Facebook - and #nakedprotest have been trending on Twitter for a number of days in South Africa. | |
| According to South African law, suspects in sex crimes can only be named after they have appeared in court and pleaded. | According to South African law, suspects in sex crimes can only be named after they have appeared in court and pleaded. |
| But students at the university in Grahamstown who say they have been victims of rape complain that no action was taken when they reported the assaults. | But students at the university in Grahamstown who say they have been victims of rape complain that no action was taken when they reported the assaults. |
| Vice-Chancellor Sizwe Mabizela called on all the students to come forward with information, saying the university had no record of such reports. | Vice-Chancellor Sizwe Mabizela called on all the students to come forward with information, saying the university had no record of such reports. |
| "As soon as we receive a statement, we will be able to hold a pre-suspension hearing with the accused with a view to suspend them," South Africa's ENCA broadcaster quoted him as saying. | "As soon as we receive a statement, we will be able to hold a pre-suspension hearing with the accused with a view to suspend them," South Africa's ENCA broadcaster quoted him as saying. |
| Rhodes University's student paper Activate says the arrested students are to be charged with protesting in public and being in possession of weapons. | Rhodes University's student paper Activate says the arrested students are to be charged with protesting in public and being in possession of weapons. |
| A video on social media shows one student being arrested as police tried to remove a barricade erected on a road on campus. | A video on social media shows one student being arrested as police tried to remove a barricade erected on a road on campus. |
| South Africa has the highest number of rapes in the world - last year 43,195 cases were reported. | South Africa has the highest number of rapes in the world - last year 43,195 cases were reported. |
| Officials claim the figures are on the decline, but activists say many more rapes go unreported. | Officials claim the figures are on the decline, but activists say many more rapes go unreported. |