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International condemnation of killings

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    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that he was saddened by the death of two journalists whose convoy was ambushed by suspected RUF rebels. “These were professionals seeking to report on a conflict that has already taken too many lives,” he said. “(...) The message that they uncovered in Sierra Leone is that the killing has not stopped.”

    The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement on Wednesday that it was “outraged by the latest murderous attack on journalists in Sierra Leone”. CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper said: “It’s time the RUF and its leader, Foday Sankoh, were held accountable for these deadly assaults, whose aim is to eliminate independent reporting on one of the world’s worst civil conflicts.”

    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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