UN: ‘Rapid’ justice in conviction of 2 Pakistani UN policemen in Haiti rape case

Published March 21, 2012 by The Washington Post
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UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations dealt out “rapid” justice to two Pakistani U.N. peacekeeping policemen sentenced to a year in prison with hard labor after a rare trial in Haiti found them guilty of sexual abuse and exploitation, a U.N. police official said Wednesday.  But U.N. peacekeeping police adviser Ann-Marie Orler refused to comment on whether a one-year sentence was severe enough punishment for the men.

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