In this photo taken on Dec 11, 2020 a sexual assault survivor talks to AFP during an interview in Sittwe.- STR / AFP
SITTWE, Myanmar (AFP): After being gang-raped by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against Myanmar's powerful military in a months-long fight for justice -- a fight that paid off with a rare legal victory.
Her three rapists were jailed for 20 years with hard labour, a sentence she hopes will give other survivors the courage to speak up and challenge the military's impunity.
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