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Brazil 'mass rape' video: President calls crisis talks | Brazil 'mass rape' video: President calls crisis talks |
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Brazil's interim President Michel Temer has called an emergency meeting of state security ministers after a gang rape of a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro triggered wide condemnation. | Brazil's interim President Michel Temer has called an emergency meeting of state security ministers after a gang rape of a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro triggered wide condemnation. |
He vowed to form a federal police unit to deal with violence against women. | He vowed to form a federal police unit to deal with violence against women. |
The girl, 16, believes she was doped after going to her boyfriend's house last Saturday and says she woke up in a different house, surrounded by 30 men. | |
Hundreds of protesters on Friday demanded an end to sexual violence. | |
The video of the attack was put on social media, shocking Brazil. | The video of the attack was put on social media, shocking Brazil. |
Police are hunting more than 30 male suspects. Arrest warrants have been issued, including one for the boyfriend. | Police are hunting more than 30 male suspects. Arrest warrants have been issued, including one for the boyfriend. |
"I condemn most forcefully the rape of the teenager in Rio de Janeiro," Mr Temer said. | "I condemn most forcefully the rape of the teenager in Rio de Janeiro," Mr Temer said. |
"It is absurd that in the 21st Century we should have to live with barbaric crimes such as this." | "It is absurd that in the 21st Century we should have to live with barbaric crimes such as this." |
He said the authorities were working "to find those responsible" for the attack. | He said the authorities were working "to find those responsible" for the attack. |
Rio police chief Fernando Veloso told a news conference that investigators will review forensic evidence. | |
"If these images hadn't been posted, maybe we wouldn't be here right now,'' he said, adding that many rapes go unreported. | |
The rape is said to have taken place in a poor community in western Rio over the weekend. | |
A 40-second-video was widely shared and followed by a wave of misogynistic comments, before the users' accounts were suspended. | A 40-second-video was widely shared and followed by a wave of misogynistic comments, before the users' accounts were suspended. |
In a message posted on Facebook, the victim said she was thankful for the support she had received and added: "I really thought I was going to be badly judged." | In a message posted on Facebook, the victim said she was thankful for the support she had received and added: "I really thought I was going to be badly judged." |
She later said: "All of us can go through this one day. It does not hurt the uterus but the soul because there are cruel people not being punished!! Thanks for the support." | She later said: "All of us can go through this one day. It does not hurt the uterus but the soul because there are cruel people not being punished!! Thanks for the support." |
Rape in Brazil | |
'We all cried' | 'We all cried' |
The girl's grandmother told Brazilian media the family had watched the video and cried. | The girl's grandmother told Brazilian media the family had watched the video and cried. |
"I regretted watching it. When we heard the story we didn't believe what was happening. It's a great affliction. It's a depressing situation," she told Folha de S Paulo newspaper. | "I regretted watching it. When we heard the story we didn't believe what was happening. It's a great affliction. It's a depressing situation," she told Folha de S Paulo newspaper. |
The assault has provoked an online campaign against what campaigners call a culture of rape in Brazil. | |
Experts say many cases of rape in Brazil go unreported as victims fear retaliation, shame, and blame for the violence they have suffered. | |
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night, waving signs saying "Machismo Kills" and "No means no." | |
In Sao Paulo, protesters erected a mural with messages including "My body is not yours." | |
Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, who was impeached last month, expressed outrage over the Rio case by changing her profile picture on Facebook. | |
"Once more I reiterate my condemnation of violence against women," she wrote. | |
There has been an outpouring of anger on social media. | |
A collective of journalists has posted a satirical image of citizens donning devil's horns, condemning a rape victim for having provoked the attack. | A collective of journalists has posted a satirical image of citizens donning devil's horns, condemning a rape victim for having provoked the attack. |
The inscription reads "No to sexism", and the images, clockwise from top right: "But look at her clothes…"; "She deserved it!"; "16 years old and already has a son…"; "Apparently she was on drugs". | The inscription reads "No to sexism", and the images, clockwise from top right: "But look at her clothes…"; "She deserved it!"; "16 years old and already has a son…"; "Apparently she was on drugs". |
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