"The continuing failure of the military services to follow proper procedures in discharging sexual assault victims for mental health reasons underscores the vital importance of meaningful review of their discharges before the military boards," Sara Darehshori, HRW's senior counsel for its US program
Date: May 20, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Report: 'Bad papers' plague veterans discharged after reporting sexual assaults
Theres been no attention paid to people who did not benefit from those reforms and have to live with these papers that are stigmatizing, said Sara Darehshori, senior counsel at Human Rights Watch and author of the report.
Date: May 20, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Military members who report rape suffer from 'bad paper' status
Military rape victims with bad discharges are essentially labeled for life, said Sara Darehshori, senior counsel in the U.S. program at Human Rights Watch and author of the report, whose research included 163 survivors of military sexual assault since the Vietnam War.
Date: May 19, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
New Report Says Pentagon Not Doing Enough For Sexual Assault Victims
"It's a common perception in the military that you have to choose between reporting your rape and staying in the military," said Sara Darehshori, who interviewed hundreds of military sexual assault survivors for the organization.
Date: May 19, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Retaliation for reporting sexual assaults rampant in military: Report
Sara Darehshori, senior U.S. counsel at Human Rights Watch and a co-author of the report, said troops will continue to hesitate to report an assault as long as they face such a high chance of retaliation.
Date: May 18, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Retaliation hurts military bid to curb sexual assault: report
"The U.S. military's progress in getting people to report sexual assaults isn't going to continue as long as retaliation for making a report goes unpunished," said Sara Darehshori, a counsel at Human Rights Watch who helped write the report.
Date: May 18, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Report Says Military Sexual Assault Victims Face Retaliation if they Report
Co-author of the report Sara Darehshori says The U.S. militarys progress in getting people to report sexual assaults isnt going to continue as long as retaliation for making a report goes unpunished.