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14/12/2012 - Rock Cohen]
Targeted by death squads, raped by
soldiers, tortured by the state: around the world, more than 40 million people
have been forced out of their homes. Here are some of their stories.
14.12.2012. I was in the kitchen preparing
a meal when the house started shaking. It collapsed and I was injured by
rubble. I didn't realise I was bleeding. I kept on helping others who were
trapped, but then the pain set in and I collapsed. I was crying because I
couldn't find my mother. After the earthquake, we slept in the streets. I was
in agony; there were dead bodies and people crying. Two days later, we went
back to the house to get some clothes and then straight to a camp. Five days
after that, I found my mother.
After
six months in the camp, I was raped. A caseworker from the International Rescue
Committee took me to the hospital, but it was too late – I was pregnant.
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