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Rights abuses rampant, US report says

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    Arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, torture and extortion by security forces led to a steady deterioration of the human rights situation in Cote d'Ivoire in 2000, according to a report just released by the US State Department.

    The violations, which started during the regime of former junta leader, General Robert Guei, continued under the government of President Laurent Gbagbo, according to the Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the year 2000. The impunity enjoyed by security forces, under both regimes, has contributed to the abuses, it said.

    The report is an annual survey in which the United States assesses human rights practices. This year's edition covers 195 countries,

    [The full report can be viewed on the following web site:
    http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=773]

    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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