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BBCWas there a systematic campaign of rape by forces loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi during the battle for Misrata?
Two young prisoners in a detention centre in the city tell me the answer is almost certainly "yes", and that they took part in the gang-rape of four women. The men, aged 17 and 21, are sitting on a sofa - heads bowed - in the same filthy, bloodstained army fatigues they were captured in two weeks ago.
"The mother was screaming and when we pointed the gun at her, she stopped screaming. Then we tied up the mother and father and their boys
by their feet and hands. Then we shot every one of them in the leg. Then the officers took the girls upstairs, and we were told to go on the roof until the officers had finished the rape and then we were told to rape the girls too."
"We felt scared, but when we refused to rape, they started to beat us. There were four girls aged between about 20 and 24. They were conscious . I raped one. The girls said nothing. They were tired and they were in bad shape because there were 20 officers before us. It happened in the morning, and lasted about an hour and a half."
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