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14 years after the Bosnian war rapes: women without support and rights

14 years after the Bosnian war rapes: women without support and rights

Mistrust, prejudice and little support – this is the daily life of thousands of women raped during the Bosnian war (1992-1995), 14 years after the end of the conflict. It is unknown how many women were raped, but estimates reveal at least 25,000, most of them Muslim. There were Serbs and Croats, too. NGOs estimate that about one thousand children [...]
The woman who remembers (almost) everything

The woman who remembers (almost) everything

Jill Price has become famous for being someone who recalls almost everything. When asked to discuss what she had done at various times dating back to the 1980s, she quickly responded with accurate and detailed pieces of memory that are corroborated by information contained in her diary. Three researchers have concluded that Jill Price reflects a form [...]