change.org rape issues - South Africa and Libya

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South Africa Responds to ‘Corrective’ Rape Campaign with National Task Team
South African government sets up task team to tackle hate crimes against LGBT South Africans in response to a 170,000-strong Change.org campaign calling for action on ‘corrective’ rape.

South Africa’s Ministry of Justice is establishing a national task team to address hate crimes against LGBT South Africans after 170,000 activists from around the world demanded action on ‘corrective’ rape, the increasingly common hate crime in which men rape lesbian women to 'turn' them straight or 'cure' them of their sexual orientation.
http://news.change.org/stories/south-africa-responds-to-corrective-rape-campaign-with-national-task-team

PFIZER : not involved in warcrimes? Then stop selling VIAGRA to Libya. Show Solidarity!
The UN's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict says women in Libya have been suffering at the hands of men, as fighting in the North African country continues. Margot Wallström calls it the latest in a long list of examples of sexual abuse endured by women in conflict situations around the world.

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has announced there are reasonable grounds to charge forces loyal to Libya`s Col Muammar Gaddafi with crimes against humanity.

The prosecutor’s office is also continuing investigations into serious allegations of rape.
http://www.change.org/petitions/pfizer-not-involved-in-warcrimes-then-stop-selling-viagra-to-libya-show-solidarity