JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new U.N. report says South Sudan's armed opposition abducted women and girls as young as 12 and lined them up so commanders could choose "wives."
The report gives new details on the surge in violence and abuses that occurred even as South Sudan's rivals negotiated the latest agreement to end a five-year civil war.
The report released Thursday says the women and girls who were not chosen as "wives" were left to other opposition fighters who raped them repeatedly. The report is based on accounts from victims and witnesses.
New U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says "most of the abducted civilians are, as far as we know, still being held captive."
The report focuses on the Western Equatoria region between April and August, saying 900 people were abducted.
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