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Concern over continuing human rights abuses

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    Okelo also expressed “deep concern” on Monday over continuing reports of human rights abuses committed by rebels on civilians, mainly in Northern Province.

    He cited a human rights assessment mission on 18 November to Port Loko, some 50 km north of Freetown, which confirmed that killings, rapes, abductions and house burning were occurring on an almost daily basis in the villages surrounding the main Lungi-Port Loko road and in other parts of Northern Province.

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