Gang rapes are not a regular occurrence in Guyana but very little is being done for the victims who are often forced to accept compensation to erase the shame and to make their own provisions to deal with the emotional scar that they are left with.
Within the last month there have been two reports of gang rape occurring at different ends of the country; one at Kuru Kuru College on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway and the other at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.
In a third case that Stabroek News had listed as a gang rape, a 17-year-old girl had reported that she was raped at a creek along the