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Golley says RUF setting up commission to look into atrocities

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    Meanwhile, Omrie Golley, the RUF's legal spokesman, told IRIN on Monday from Lome that the rebel group was setting up an independent commission to investigate the reports of atrocities.

    In response to the HRW statement, Golley said he recognised that abuses were being perpetrated by all sides in conflict but that there was still no real evidence that the RUF was guilty of committing such acts. He added that if the allegations were proven true then the RUF would "atone and account for its actions".

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