Medecins du Monde has expressed concern about rights abuses in Guinea’s Forest Region, where an emergency mission from the medical NGO has been working since January. “It would appear that several human rights and international humanitarian law problems are having dramatic consequences for the refugees in Guinea, particularly for women,” it said in a newsletter issued on Tuesday.
It said the women were victims of violence by the Sierra Leonean rebel group, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), accused of making incursions into Guinea since late last year. The NGO said “the systematic nature of these acts tends to make them a crime against humanity”. It added that “a number of excesses have been committed by the Guinean authorities and civilians inside the (refugee) camps.” All this has led many refugees to run the risk of returning to their country, Medecins du Monde said.
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