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Possible abductee sites located by human rights committee

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    Several sites have been noted as likely to contain significant numbers of abductees, the Sierra Leone Human Rights Committee (SLHRC) noted in a bulletin on 27 September.

    These are Lunsar, Makeni, Magburaka and Matatoka in the Northern province and Kailahun in the Eastern province.

    The SLHRC, a group of local and international organisations committed to the promotion of human rights, adopted at the end of July a mechanism to keep track of the human rights provisions of the Lome peace accord, signed by the government and the RUF on 7 July. Its findings are published in a monthly bulletin.

    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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