The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday he is investigating whether Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi provided Viagra to Libyan soldiers to promote the rape of women during the current conflict.
Luis Moreno Ocampo said his office is collecting evidence on rapes and has become “more convinced” that Gadhafi decided to punish women by using rape as a weapon, which would be a new method in the Libya civil war of instilling fear and trying to control the population.
He told a news conference after briefing the UN Security Council on Darfur that some witnesses confirmed the Libyan government was buying containers of Viagra-type drugs to carry out the policy, and “to enhance the possibility to rape.”
