Farhia Mohamed Farah, a 20-year-old Somali refugee now living in Kenya, clasps her shoulder as she sits in the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, where she received treatment for obstetric fistula, in this June 23, 2011 file photo. The condition causes incontinence and affects more than 2 million women around the world, mostly in Africa, according to World Health Organisation estimates. It occurs during childbirth when a hole develops between the vagina and bladder or rectum. Fistula disproportionately affects child brides whose bodies are not yet ready for childbirth. In Farah's case, the condition made her a social outcast for years and caused her husband to divorce her. It was only after she fled violence in Mogadishu and came to Kenya that she was able to receive free surgery to treat the problem. About 70 percent of women living with fistula never seek treatment because they do not know what is wrong with them, experts say. Farah now lives in the world's biggest refugee camp, Dadaab, in northern Kenya with her two young children. To match feature CHILDMARRIAGE/ REUTERS/TRUSTLAW/Katy Migiro/Files (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) 

Director of Medical Imaging Professor Guang-Zhong Yang poses with robotic surgical equipment at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. Picture taken October 24, 2008. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Professor Lord Ara Darzi is reflected in glass as he pulls on a surgeon's cap at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. Picture taken October 24, 2008. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Director of Medical Imaging Professor Guang-Zhong Yang speaks to Reuters about robotic surgery at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. Picture taken October 24, 2008. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Director of Medical Imaging Professor Guang-Zhong Yang speaks to Reuters in front of a video of robotic surgery on a lung at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. Picture taken October 24, 2008. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Director of Medical Imaging Professor Guang-Zhong Yang adjusts an arm of a surgical robot at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. Picture taken October 24, 2008. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Director of Medical Imaging Professor Guang-Zhong Yang watches as the arms of a surgical robot perform a demonstration operation on a prosthetic heart at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. Picture taken on October 24, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Professor Lord Ara Darzi speaks to Reuters about robotic surgery in front of a streaming video of a robot demonstrating surgery on a prosthetic heart at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Professor Lord Ara Darzi speaks to Reuters about robotic surgery in front of video images of robots performing surgery at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. A mechanical snake that can perform operations through the mouth or rectum is just one of the futuristic devices researchers believe will transform traditional surgical techniques. To match feature HEALTH-ROBOTS/ REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) 

Dr Thomas Hildebrandt (R) of Berlin's Institute for Biology and Wildlife Research cleans the rectum of Jamilah, a 29-year-old female elephant, before conducting a four-dimensional ultrasound examination on her at the Night Safari in Singapore April 11, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

First year Northwestern University medical students perform a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical student Jillian Havey (L) performs a pelvic exam on rubber dummy using a flash light and a vaginal speculum during a human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students Abbie Harts (L) and Michelle Gentile (R) receive directions on how to insert a vaginal speculum into a volunteer patient's vagina before performing a pelvic exam during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students Abbie Harts (L) and Michelle Gentile (2nd L) listen as Doctor Perry Kamel (C) instruct them how to perform a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students review pages in a textbook as instructor Doctor Sudha Rao (B) talks about the human vagina for a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students perform a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois, March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical student Michelle Gentile (R) assists Abbie Harts (C) as she performs a pelvic exam on a volunteer patient during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students listen as Doctor Peter Kallas (C) explains how to use a vaginal speculum to perform a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

A first year Northwestern University medical student writes notes after performing a pelvic exam on a rubber dummy during a human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students perform a pelvic exam on rubber dummies using a flash light and a vaginal speculum during a human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students perform a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

A first year Northwestern University medical student performs a pelvic exam on a rubber dummy using a flash light and a vaginal speculum during a human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

A diagram of a vagina sits next to the test results of a pelvic exam reflected on a computer after Northwestern University medical students performed the exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

First year Northwestern University medical students review pages in a textbook as instructor Doctor Sudha Rao (bottom) talks about the human vagina for a pelvic exam on rubber dummies during their human anatomy class in Chicago, Illinois March 15, 2007. The hands-on educational class is taught by assistant professor of surgery Carla Pugh. Pugh, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. Picture taken March 15, 2007. To match feature DOCTORS-DUMMIES/ REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES) 

Biologist and bear expert Svetlana Bazhetnova stimulates the rectum of a one-month-old bear cub to facilitate defecation in a bear orphanage in the Tver region 450 km (279 miles) northwest of Moscow February 3, 2007. The cubs were taken in as one-week-old orphans after found abandoned either because their mother was killed by hunters or scared away by loggers. The shelter funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) cares for the brown bears until the age of around eight months when they are old enough to survive in the wilderness on their own. REUTERS/Anton Denisov (RUSSIA) 

A cell phone that was extracted from a Salvadoran prisoner's lower intestine is seen in this undated handout. Four men, all members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang, were caught with cell phones, a charger, and spare chips which they had inserted so far up their rectums that they reached their intestines, according to authorities at Zacatecoluca prison, 65 km (40 miles) from San Salvador, on September 7, 2006. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Salvadoran Interior Ministry/Handout (EL SALVADOR) 

A recent undated X-Ray shows a cell phone in a Salvadoran prisoner's lower intestine. Four men, all members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang, were caught with cell phones, a charger, and spare chips which they had inserted so far up their rectums that they reached their intestines, according to authorities at Zacatecoluca prison, 65 km (40 miles) from San Salvador, on September 7, 2006. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Salvadoran Interior Ministry/Handout (EL SALVADOR) 

Lee Mendelson, owner of Harold's Jewelers in Boca Raton, Florida, holds
a 16 inch necklace with 83 diamonds (29.35 carats), set in 18k yellow
gold, worth over $100,000.00 at his store August 6, 2002. The necklace
was recovered through natural biological means after a botched robbery
attempt. Mendelson chased down and caught Mark Richard Kennedy after
Kennedy allegedly swallowed two diamonds. Police recovered the necklace
from Kennedy's rectum. Mendelson has put the necklace up for auction on
Ebay.com. REUTERS/Colin Braley

CEB 

A tuberculosis patient stands in an isolation area surrounded by barbed wire at the Fatima Jinnah chest hospital in Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. At the hospital patients are also treated for the Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever, a disease carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin. Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died. 

10-year-old Mohd Ismael, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever, lies in the isolation ward of the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin. Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died. 

10-year-old Mohd Ismael, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever, lies in the isolation ward of the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin. Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died. 

A father looks out of an isloation ward window as his 10 year-old son Mohd Ismael (background R) who is suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever, lies ill in bed in the Fatima Jinnah Chest hospital in Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-congo Haemorragic fever is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when they live in proximity with herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread through urine, stools, blood or spit. The symptoms are nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even through the skin. Since June, 64 cases have been reported, 7 died from which 20 Afghans and 16 from Quetta. 

A tuberculosis patient stands in an isolation area surrounded by barbed
wire at the Fatima Jinnah chest hospital in Baluchistan's capital of
Quetta October 5, 2001. At the hospital patients are also treated for
the Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever, a disease carried by livestock
ticks, and humans are vulnerable when they live in proximity to herds
of sheep or goats. The virus is spread through urine, stools, blood or
saliva and the symptoms are nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even
bleeding through the skin. Since June, 64 cases have been reported and
seven people have died. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/RCS 

40-Year-old Kamal Khan, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever,
stands in an isolation ward at the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in
Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo
disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when
they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread
through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are
nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin.
Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died.
REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/RCS 

40-Year-old Kamal Khan, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever,
stands in an isolation ward at the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in
Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo
disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when
they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread
through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are
nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin.
Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died.
REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/RCS 

10-year-old Mohd Ismael, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever,
lies in the isolation ward of the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in
Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo
disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when
they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread
through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are
nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin.
Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died.
REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/RCS 

A father looks out of an isloation ward window as his 10 year-old son
Mohd Ismael (background R) who is suffering from Crimea-Congo
Haemorragic fever, lies ill in bed in the Fatima Jinnah Chest hospital
in Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-congo
Haemorragic fever is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are
vulnerable when they live in proximity with herds of sheep or goats.
The virus is spread through urine, stools, blood or spit. The symptoms
are nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even through the skin. Since
June, 64 cases have been reported, 7 died from which 20 Afghans and 16
from Quetta. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/AA 

10-year-old Mohd Ismael, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever,
lies in the isolation ward of the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in
Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo
disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when
they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread
through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are
nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin.
Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died.
REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/RCS 

10-year-old Mohd Ismael, suffering from Crimea-Congo Haemorragic fever,
lies in the isolation ward of the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital in
Baluchistan's capital of Quetta October 5, 2001. The Crimea-Congo
disease is carried by livestock ticks, and humans are vulnerable when
they live in proximity to herds of sheep or goats. The virus is spread
through urine, stools, blood or saliva and the symptoms are
nose-bleeds, bleeding from the rectum, even bleeding through the skin.
Since June, 64 cases have been reported and seven people have died.
REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

JFL/RCS 

Haitian immigrant Abner Louima (L) whispers to his lawyer Johnnie
Cochran during a press conference in New York July 12, 2001, after a
federal magistrate approved a settlement of Louima's civil lawsuit in
which New York and the city's police union agreed to pay almost $9
million to Louima. Four police officers were convicted of criminal
charges against Louima in 1999 for beating him in a police car and a
Brooklyn police precinct house where one officer rammed a broken
broomstick into Louima's rectum in the station house bathroom.

MS/SV 

Germany's citizen Andreas Scholten lays in his bed in Bogota's San Ignacio clinic, March 26. Scholten, a paraplegic, was arrested last September as he tried to smuggle 17.6 pounds (8 kg) of cocaine out of Colombia in his wheelchair. As a result of grisly jail conditions, he contracted gangrene and has had part of his scrotum and rectum removed in an operation to save his life. He is still under guard by heavily-armed prison officials. 

German citizen Andreas Scholten lays in his bed in Bogota's San Ignacio clinic, March 26. Scholten, a paraplegic, was arrested last September as he tried to smuggle 17.6 pounds (8 kg) of cocaine out of Colombia in his wheelchair. As a result of grisly jail conditions, he contracted gangrene and has had part of his scrotum and rectum removed in an operation to save his life. He is still under guard by heavily-armed prison officials.

COLOMBIA 

Police officer Thomas Bruder, 31, leaves state supreme court in the Brooklyn section of New York September 8 after his arraignment on charges in connection with the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant. The victim of the alleged torture, Abner Louima, says police forced a wooden stick in his rectum. Bruder is charged only with beating Louima.

CRIME BEATING 

Police officer Charles Schwarz, 31, arrives at state supreme court in the Brooklyn section of New York September 8 for his arraignment on charges in connection with the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant. The victim of the alleged torture, Abner Louima, remains hospitalized with severe internal injuries. Louima say police forced a wooden stick in his rectum.

CRIME BEATING 

Police officer Justin Volpe, 25, arrives at state supreme court in the Brooklyn section of New York September 8 following his arraignment on charges in connection with the beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant. The victim of the alleged torture, Abner Louima, remains hospitalized with severe internal injuries. Louima say police forced a wooden stick in his rectum.

CRIME BEATING 

Police officer Justin Volpe, 25, leaves state supreme court in the Brooklyn section of New York September 8, following his arraignment on charges in connection with the beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant while in police custody. The victim of the alleged torture, Abner Louima, remains hospitalized with severe internal injuries. Louima say police forced a wooden stick in his rectum.

CRIME BEATING 

Police officer Justin Volpe, 25, (L) leaves state supreme court in the Brooklyn section of New York September 8 with lawyer Marvyn Kornberg following his arraignment on charges in connection with the beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant while in police custody. The victim of the alleged torture, Abner Louima, remains hospitalized with severe internal injuries. Louima say police forced a wooden stick in his rectum.

CRIME BEATING 

A demonstrator shouts during a protest rally in New York August 29 against the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner Louima, who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum August 9. 

A crowd of demonstrators estimated to number 5,000 march across the Brooklyn Bridge towards City Hall in New York on August 29, protesting the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner Louima who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum. 

A crowd of demonstrators estimated to number 5,000 gather near City Hall, the low building seen above the trees, in New York on August 29 to protest the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner-Louima who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum. 

A protester holds a sign condemning the New York Police Department during a march in New York against the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers August 29. A crowd of over 5,000 people took part in the protest to support Abner-Louima, 30, who suffered severe internal injuries when officers allegedly forced a wooden stick into his rectum in a Brooklyn precinct house bathroom August 9. 

A protester holds a sign condemning the New York Police Department during a march in New York against the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers August 29. A crowd of over 5,000 people took part in the protest to support Abner Louima, 30, who suffered severe internal injuries when officers allegedly forced a wooden stick into his rectum in a Brooklyn precinct house bathroom August 9.

CRIME BEATING 

A demonstrator shouts during a protest rally in New York August 29 against the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner Louima, who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum August 9.

CRIME BEATING 

A crowd of demonstrators estimated to number 5,000 gather near City Hall, the low building seen above the trees, in New York on August 29 to protest the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner Louima who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum.

CRIME BEATING 

A demonstrator shouts during a protest rally in New York August 29 against the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner Louima, who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum August 9.

CRIME BEATING 

A crowd of demonstrators estimated to number 5,000 march across the Brooklyn Bridge towards City Hall in New York on August 29, protesting the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. The demonstration was held to support security guard Abner Louima who suffered severe internal injuries when police allegedly forced a wooden stick in his rectum.

CRIME BEATING 

A group of protesters hold signs condemning the New York Police Department during a march August 29 in New York, against the alleged beating and sexual torture of a Haitian immigrant by white police officers. A crowd of over 5000 people took part in the protest to support Abner Louima, 30, who suffered severe internal injuries when officers allegedly forced a wooden stick into his rectum in a Brooklyn precinct house bathroom August 9.

CRIME BEATING