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Bosnia's 'invisible' children of rape demand rights

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, children born to mothers who were raped during the Bosnian war of 1992-1995 are emerging from the shadows. Conceived in violence, they grew up marginalized. Now in their mid-twenties, some of them are fighting for recognition.

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