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UN:
ANGOLA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY REPORTS OF ABUSES BY CONGOLESE:
07/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 07 December 2007 --
The United Nations Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has voiced concern at media reports that
Angolan security forces in the northeast of the country have raped, beaten or
tortured Congolese migrant workers before deporting them across the border.
Praveen
Randhawa, a spokesperson for OHCHR, told reporters in Geneva today that High
Commissioner Louise Arbour was extremely concerned by the reports and had called
on the Angolan Government to investigate and bring any perpetrators to justice.
The
reports that have emerged this week say that Angolan security forces based in
Lunda Norte province, next to the border with the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC), have been committing abuses against Congolese migrants, especially
women.
Large
numbers of Congolese have lived and worked for many years in Angola, including
in its diamond mines in Lunda Norte.
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