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"Thuirt mi ris, 'a mhic, dh猫anainn-sa m脿thair dhut'. Bha e dha-r矛ribh cho 貌g ri sin. Ach airson tr矛 no ceithir l脿ithean, bhiodh e a' tighinn nuair a thogradh e. Chanadh e rium, 'Glas an doras agus thoir dh矛ot d' aodach'. Sin mar a bha e. Bha e uabhasach. A h-uile turas bhithinn a' r脿nail 脿s d猫idh l脿imh."

Chaidh Marija Kova? 猫igneachadh na dachaigh fh猫in. Cha robh i e貌lach air na fir a thug ionnsaigh oirre. B' e saighdearan a bh' annta, 脿 Arm Searbach na d霉thcha. Thachair e faisg air toiseach a' chogaidh ann am Bosnia, an cogadh as fuiltich a tha air a bhith san Roinn 贰貌谤辫补 bhon D脿rna Cogadh anns na chaill mu 100,000 am beatha.

Chan eil sgeulachd Mharija neo-脿bhaisteach. Tha cuid a' d猫anamh dheth gun deach mu 30,000 duine 猫igneachadh san tr矛 bliadhna gu leth a bha an cogadh a' dol.

Tha oidhirpean a' dol eucoirich cogaidh a thoirt gu lagh; aig an tribiunal sa Hague agus ann an c霉irtean Bhosnia fh猫in.

B' e clach-mh矛le a bh' ann nuair a cho-dh霉in an tribiunal gum b' urrainn do dh'猫igneachadh a bhith air a dhearbhadh san lagh son a' chiad uair mar eucoir cogaidh, eucoir an aghaidh a' chinne-daona no sgrios sluaigh.

A dh'aindeoin sin tha m矛-thoileachas ann nach eil gu le貌r ga dh猫anamh gus na daoine a tha fo amharas nan ionnsaighean 猫igneachaidh a thoirt gu lagh.

Tha draghan ann cuideachd nach eil taic gu le貌r ann do dhaoine nuair a tha iad a' toirt fianais seachad sa ch霉irt.

Sin, agus draghan mun 矛re de shochairean a tha ri fhaotainn dhaibh, a thuilleadh air taic sh貌isealta, inntinn, is mheideigeach.

"I told him 'My son, I could be your mother'. He was really that young, but for three or four days he came whenever he felt like it. He'd say to me, 'lock the door and undress'. That is how it was. It was a horrible experience. I would cry afterwards, every time."

Marija Kova? was raped in her own home. She didn't know the men who attacked her. They were soldiers, in the Bosnian Serb Army. This incident happened at the beginning of the Bosnian War, the bloodiest in Europe since World War II.

Approximately 100,000 lost their lives.

Marija's story is not an unusual one. Some estimate that 30,000 were raped during the 3 and a half years of the conflict.

Efforts are being made to bring war criminals to justice; at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia's own courts.

It was an important milestone when the Tribunal established for the first time that rape could be prosecuted as a war crime, a crime against humanity or genocide.

Despite that, many are unhappy with the pace at which rape suspects are being prosecuted.

There are also concerns about lack of support for witnesses when testifying, and concerns that they don't receive enough financial, medical and social support.