President defends journalist threatened with rape

SAO PAULO (AP):

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is issuing a defence of a Brazilian journalist who says she has received rape threats after launching a campaign against rape on her Facebook page.

Rousseff sent a Twitter post Monday saying that journalist "Nana Queiroz deserves all my solidarity and respect." She adds that, "No woman deserves to be a victim of violence, whether it be physical or in the form of intimidation."

Queiroz launched her campaign after a recent government poll showed that 65 per cent of those questioned said that women who wear revealing clothing deserve to be raped.