Sudanese women who escaped the Darfur conflict to eastern Chad are facing high levels of sexual violence, an Amnesty International report says.
Despite the presence of a UN force, women and girls are being attacked when they leave 12 designated camps in search of water, the report says.
It also documents cases of refugees being attacked inside the camps by Chadian aid workers.
About 250,000 Darfuri refugees have crossed into Chad since 2003.
They fled the conflict in Sudan where mass rape of civilians had allegedly been used as as strategy to displace entire villages.
The rights group says in many cases the women are too scared to report the abuse, or attackers escape without being brought to justice. read more
