Recently, a notable escalation in complaints from women on social media took place -regarding the behavior of military personnel affiliated with the Mobilized Force stationed at \u201cMerowe\u201d Checkpoint. The aforementioned military personnel were accused -by the women- of harassment and extortion as the accusers were traveling on the road, which, naturally, prompted calls for an investigation and to hold the military leaders in the area accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One woman reported that a man in SAF uniform boarded a bus and attempted to force a young woman into a tent within the premises of the checkpoint. According to reports, he proceeded to forcefully confiscate her passport and later sat next to her -after she refused to comply with his demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The account added that a female lawyer who was present at the time of the incident intervened to support the young woman, and as a result, the passport was later returned -after her family contacted the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident sparked valid widespread outrage on social media, with calls to provide a higher level of security for women at checkpoints and to hold any personnel found to be involved in abuses or violations against women and civilians accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Recently, a notable escalation in complaints from women on social media took place -regarding the behavior of military personnel affiliated with the Mobilized Force stationed at \u201cMerowe\u201d Checkpoint. The aforementioned military personnel were accused -by the women- of harassment and extortion as the accusers were traveling on the road, which, naturally, prompted calls for an investigation and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":162999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n