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Government dismisses human rights report

    NAIROBI

    The Tanzanian government on Thursday dismissed a recent report by Human Rights Watch which accused it of "mistreating" refugees.

    An official from the interior ministry's refugee department told IRIN the report was "all rubbish and untrue". The government would react officially, he added. Other news organisations also quoted the permanent secretary in the ministry of home affairs, Bernard Mchomvu, as saying the refugees had been treated in "compliance with the law". The rights body charged that Tanzania "rounded up" and "confined" refugees unfairly in camps. An international humanitarian worker in Tanzania however told IRIN this was not the "current state of affairs", adding that the report was a "bit outdated" since it covered the 1997/98 period.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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