Sierra Leone’s rebels continue to perpetrate human rights abuses including rape, summary executions and the recruitment of child soldiers, Manoel De Almeida E Silva, deputy spokesman of the UN Secretary-General, said on Monday in New York.
The UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has been receiving information on rights abuses from civilians fleeing areas held by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), including the northern towns of Makeni, Magburaka and Lunsar, a huamnitarian source said.
The most common forms of abuse are the looting of civilian property, and the stealing of food and documents, the source added.
See separate item titled ‘SIERRA LEONE: Continuing reports of human rights
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