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Rebels deny forcing refugees to flee

    NAIROBI

    The rebel Forces pour la defense de la democratie (FDD) has denied claims that it is responsible for refugees fleeing to Tanzania. In a statement, received by IRIN on Wednesday, the CNDD-FDD "denounced the misinterpretation" of a refugee's comments to that effect by "some diplomatic circles". According to the statement, the refugee reportedly told UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata that the "government
    is forcing [the people] to stay in regroupment camps while the rebels order them to run away from the camps or else be killed". The FDD admitted it "did its duty" of advising civilians to flee the camps, but claimed the army "is the perpetrator" of the killings, not the rebels. The statement also criticised the UN Security Council for its "failure to condemn" the
    camps.

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