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UN, Haiti, Uruguay probe sexual assault
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September 7, 2011, Wednesday
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THE United Nations, Haiti and Uruguay are investigating allegations that UN peacekeepers from Uruguay sexually abused an 18-year-old Haitian man, the United Nations said yesterday.
UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters that the five alleged perpetrators have been confined to barracks pending the outcome of the three investigations.
The alleged attack occurred on July 20 but only became public last week when a video taken by cell phone was circulated and the UN announced an investigation. The Uruguayan military has called the incident at the peacekeepers' base in Port-Salut on Haiti's south coast a prank that got out of hand and says a preliminary UN investigation shows no evidence of rape.
"If the investigations prove that the allegations are true," del Buey said, "we would expect that these people be prosecuted in the full extent of the law."
In a statement on Sunday, the Uruguayan defense ministry said a UN preliminary investigation had found that the men did not sexually abuse the Haitian teen but that they committed misconduct by allowing a civilian into their barracks and could face severe penalties.
UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey told reporters that the five alleged perpetrators have been confined to barracks pending the outcome of the three investigations.
The alleged attack occurred on July 20 but only became public last week when a video taken by cell phone was circulated and the UN announced an investigation. The Uruguayan military has called the incident at the peacekeepers' base in Port-Salut on Haiti's south coast a prank that got out of hand and says a preliminary UN investigation shows no evidence of rape.
"If the investigations prove that the allegations are true," del Buey said, "we would expect that these people be prosecuted in the full extent of the law."
In a statement on Sunday, the Uruguayan defense ministry said a UN preliminary investigation had found that the men did not sexually abuse the Haitian teen but that they committed misconduct by allowing a civilian into their barracks and could face severe penalties.
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