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Latinos in this asylum cause.<BR><BR>eddie--
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Yesterday,
CNN went where few news organizations have gone before.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They covered World
Refugee Day from morning to night.<SPAN
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of the stories they touched upon in May and highlighted
again yesterday is the use of <A
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a weapon</A> in the Congo.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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reality is that rape is being used as a military
weapon.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Those who are poor and have few resources – like
refugees – are often targeted.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact, poverty is
one of the leading causes of violence against
women.<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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have one bright light, though. We have already succeeded in
convincing the US government to re-consider asylum for Ann,
a trafficking survivor from Albania.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal
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another woman needs your help. She’s been gang-raped in a
Congolese prison and has a chance at asylum, but we need to
move immediately.<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Monique
was at her government job in the
<ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE>Democratic Republic of the
Congo</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> in January 2001 on
the day President Kabila was assassinated outside her
office. The military swept everybody there into
detention.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She
was imprisoned and repeatedly interrogated, beaten and
gang-raped by guards for the next six weeks.<O:P></O:P></P>
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was able to escape to the US, but now the
<ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE>United
States</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> government has
denied Monique asylum based on the shocking rationale that
being repeatedly gang-raped and beaten was nothing more than
a "legitimate investigation.” She could be sent back to the
<ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE>Congo</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>
any day.<O:P></O:P></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></O:P>In
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