'We lay like corpses. Then the raping began': 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out

In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told.

Warning: graphic information in this report may upset some readers.

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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/03/52-years-bangladesh-birangona-women-mass-rape-surviviors