Jordanska FN-soldater förgrep sig på pojkar i Östtimor

Hjälpbehövande i hela världen fortsätter att drabbas av våld och övergrepp från FN-soldater. Efter de senaste händelserna i Kongo är det nu minderåriga pojkar i Östtimor som anklagar en jordansk bataljon FN-soldater för sexövergrepp i utbyte mot pengar och mat.

Den australiensiska dagstidningen The Australian rapporterar att australiska soldater som avslöjade de jordanska pedofilerna tvingades att dra vapen för att försvara sig:

Australian soldiers drew arms to protect themselves from Jordanian peacekeepers after a Digger blew the whistle on other Jordanian soldiers' sexual abuse of East Timorese boys [...]

Corporal Wratten, who was working at a fuel dump in the enclave, was told by a group of children that Jordanian soldiers had offered food and money in exchange for oral sex and intercourse. The allegations involved East Timorese minors, all boys, the youngest of them just 12 years old.

"Wratten informed PKF (peacekeeping force) that he had been receiving complaints from local children about Jorbatt (Jordan Battalion) abuse," said a senior UN official who was based in Oecussi at the time

En utredning har bekräftat anklagelserna:

East Timorese human rights workers have confirmed the story [...] "The unacceptable sexual conduct alleged was that a minor had sperm around his mouth," the resulting report says. The board of inquiry found in its report that Jordanian troops regularly offered food and money in exchange for sexual favours from women and boys, including the procuring of prostitutes from across the border in West Timor.

(via LGF)