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Government denies human rights violations in Lofa

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    Liberia's government has denied recent reports of an upsurge of violence and human rights violations by state security forces in the north of the country, Information Minister Joe Mulbah told IRIN on Wednesday.

    "The reports are a lot of empty noise," Mulbah said in response to a recent charge by the Liberia National Bar Association and human rights observers that reports of rights violations such as harassment, rape and murder had increased in Lofa County.

    Mulbah said the rights groups needed to do more research as the reports were not true. However, he added that the government was investigating a report some two weeks ago of unidentified armed men harassing civilians in Lofa County.

    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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