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NYT's Lynsey Addario on Libya sexual assault
New York Times photographer Lynsey Addario is speaking publicly about sexual aggression she experienced while detained in Libya last month by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi. Addario was held for six days with Times colleagues Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farrell, and Tyler Hicks, all of whom were subjected to physical abuse. In this interview with CPJ, Addario speaks candidly about the brutality, focusing particularly on the groping and other sexual aggression she endured. Farrell, her colleague, also spoke briefly with CPJ. All forms of anti-press violence are abhorrent, but the issue of sexual aggression has not been as widely documented or discussed as other types of attacks. Since CBS News disclosed in February that correspondent Lara Logan was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted while on assignment in Cairo, more journalists are starting to speak out in hopes the issue can be more fully understood. Here is Addario's story:
(.....)LA: I've been groped in a million countries and had men grab my crotch and grab my breasts. In Pakistan, they're incredibly aggressive(...)
Q&A: NYT's Lynsey Addario on Libya sexual assault - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists
She singles out Pakistani men. Why? Is their any truth in it? How do you see this?
New York Times photographer Lynsey Addario is speaking publicly about sexual aggression she experienced while detained in Libya last month by forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi. Addario was held for six days with Times colleagues Anthony Shadid, Stephen Farrell, and Tyler Hicks, all of whom were subjected to physical abuse. In this interview with CPJ, Addario speaks candidly about the brutality, focusing particularly on the groping and other sexual aggression she endured. Farrell, her colleague, also spoke briefly with CPJ. All forms of anti-press violence are abhorrent, but the issue of sexual aggression has not been as widely documented or discussed as other types of attacks. Since CBS News disclosed in February that correspondent Lara Logan was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted while on assignment in Cairo, more journalists are starting to speak out in hopes the issue can be more fully understood. Here is Addario's story:
(.....)LA: I've been groped in a million countries and had men grab my crotch and grab my breasts. In Pakistan, they're incredibly aggressive(...)
Q&A: NYT's Lynsey Addario on Libya sexual assault - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists
She singles out Pakistani men. Why? Is their any truth in it? How do you see this?

