Germany vows action after report finds widespread sexual misconduct in military

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Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius on Wednesday pledged fresh measures to tackle sexual abuse in the country's armed forces, following a report that highlighted widespread misconduct in the Bundeswehr, the German military."We are currently seeing a rise in the number of reported cases. This is unacceptable," he told reporters in Berlin.Pistorius' remarks came in the wake of a report by the Bundeswehr's own Centre of Military History and Social Sciences, which found that 40% of female soldiers had experienced at least one instance of sexual misconduct in the preceding 12 months.The misconduct ranged from verbal harassment and visual abuse, including unwanted exposure to pornography…

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