It’s time to end the division and roll back to original position on a contentious issue

AMNESTY International used the recent International Human Rights Day to draw attention to various terrible and grievous human rights abuses being perpetrated all round the world.

One of the issues Amnesty has confronted in recent times has been the systemic use of rape as a weapon of war, in Darfur currently and in Bosnia previously, and the ensuing pregnancies that result.

And properly so — nobody could feel anything but compassion and sympathy for the victims of such horrendous acts.