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Probe ordered into rights violations at military base

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    President Charles Taylor has urged Justice Minister Eddington Varmah to investigate reports of human rights violations at a military training base in Bong County, north-eastern Liberia.

    Taylor said this at a news conference on Monday, a media source in Monrovia told IRIN.

    Human rights organisations say that many civilians arrested by the military in Bong County are taken to the base and tortured instead of being handed over to the police and the judiciary, according to the source.

    The Justice Ministry has also started to investigate allegations of corruption by senior government officials, the source told IRIN.

    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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