Human Rigths Watch-Informe

Young migrants are detained in the port of Mitilini in Greece after being intercepted by the Greek Coast Guard.
© 2009 Moises Saman



Chicago Police Stonewall on Rape Investigations >>
by Sarah Tofte, Published in Chicago's Hyde Park Herald

Julie was a graduate student at the University of Chicago when, in 2007, she was raped by a man she had been introduced to that night as a friend's new boyfriend. They were at a bar, and he was "acting weird toward me. He kept touching me and I kept pushing him away."
Later that night, as Julie slept on her friend's couch, the boyfriend entered the apartment and raped her. Julie reported the rape to the police and went to a hospital for a forensic examination to collect DNA and other evidence from her body. She thought her rapist would be arrested.
Following media reports in 2003 that the Chicago Police Department had 1,500 untested rape kits in storage, the department promised to send every rape kit to the Illinois State Police for testing.
In 2008, Julie was contacted by the state's attorney's office and told her case had been closed.
Julie asked if her rape kit had been tested. The prosecutor said no.
So, what happened to Julie's kit, and all the other kits like it? Read more about Julie’s story and Human Rights Watch’s efforts ensure rape kits are tested.



Greece: Abusive Detention and Illegal Expulsion of Migrants >>
In a large-scale crackdown between June and August 2009, the Greek authorities arrested hundreds of migrants across the country, evicting them from run-down dwellings in Athens, bulldozing a makeshift camp in Patras, and detaining new arrivals on the islands.

Unaccompanied children caught up in the crackdown were among the many subsequently transferred to detention centers in the north, close to the Turkish border.


Watch the video: "No Refuge: Migrants in Greece >>

Young migrants are detained in the port of Mitilini in Greece after being intercepted by the Greek Coast Guard.
© 2009 Moises Saman





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