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Videos posted on social media show the group gathered outside the police station, trying to pressure the prosecutor and judge to release the alleged perpetrator.
“We urge the authorities to take appropriate action against those who, with mobilisations in favour of the alleged aggressor, sought to obstruct justice,” the statement added, demanding “an exhaustive and transparent investigation to identify those responsible and ensure that the act does not go unpunished”.
“This case highlights the disturbingly high tolerance for violence against girls in our country,” said Mónica Bayá, technical secretary of the NGO Comunidad de Derechos Humanos Bolivia.
She added: “What concerns us deeply is that this isn’t the first instance where the facts are being justified by wrongly placing blame on the victim, in this case, a 10-year-old girl who is unjustly accused of seducing and provoking the adult man.”
Bárbara Jiménez-Santiago, Equality Now’s regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, said: “The Bolivian state must safeguard her privacy and wellbeing and ensure her protection from further victimisation.”
In January, Brisa De Angulo, a rape survivor and campaigner for child victims of sexual abuse, won a groundbreaking case against the state of Bolivia.
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Videos posted on social media show the group gathered outside the police station, trying to pressure the prosecutor and judge to release the alleged perpetrator.
“We urge the authorities to take appropriate action against those who, with mobilisations in favour of the alleged aggressor, sought to obstruct justice,” the statement added, demanding “an exhaustive and transparent investigation to identify those responsible and ensure that the act does not go unpunished”.
“This case highlights the disturbingly high tolerance for violence against girls in our country,” said Mónica Bayá, technical secretary of the NGO Comunidad de Derechos Humanos Bolivia.
She added: “What concerns us deeply is that this isn’t the first instance where the facts are being justified by wrongly placing blame on the victim, in this case, a 10-year-old girl who is unjustly accused of seducing and provoking the adult man.”
Bárbara Jiménez-Santiago, Equality Now’s regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, said: “The Bolivian state must safeguard her privacy and wellbeing and ensure her protection from further victimisation.”
In January, Brisa De Angulo, a rape survivor and campaigner for child victims of sexual abuse, won a groundbreaking case against the state of Bolivia.
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