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Government and rebels condemned for rights abuses

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    Hundreds of unarmed civilians and captured combatants were extrajudicially executed in 1998 by Congolese government forces and allied militia, mostly in counter-insurgency operations after attacks on security forces, Amnesty International said in its annual report released on Wednesday. It said there were dozens of deaths and ‘disappearances’ in custody, while the Ninja militia and other armed opposition groups were also responsible for “deliberate and arbitrary killings of civilians.”

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