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Mali: Human rights abuses in
are now ‘more systematic’ - U.N.More than 200,000 refugees and 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been registered by the UN Refugee office
<O:P>UNITED NATIONS (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official said here Wednesday that the pattern of human rights violations in Mali is now “more systematic,” and called for the government to re- take control of the rebel-held northern part of the West African country.
“The pattern of human rights violations is changing,” Ivan Simonovic, the UN assistant secretary-general for human rights, said at a press conference here. “What is new now is that humans rights violations are becoming more systematic.”
The press conference took place following Simonovic’s four-day visit to Mali to assess the human rights situation there.Simonovic, a Croatian diplomat and former Croatian justice minister, was appointed in May 2010 the UN assistant secretary- general for human rightsIslamic militants have established a strict Sharia law in the north following an unplanned coup in April, and the “population is suffering a number of human rights violations, particularly targeted at women,” said Simonovic.Under the strict laws, women are facing restrictions in the ability to work, an increase in forced marriages and drastic punishments, he said.Children are also quite vulnerable in this situation, he said, “there is reliable evidence of many children being enlisted” as child soldiers.Simonovic said that two-thirds of the country is now under the control of Islamic militants, or roughly the size of France.
“When speaking about the situation in the north, the best illustration is that over one third of the population in the north have fled,” he said.
More than 200,000 refugees and 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been registered by the UN Refugee office thus far.
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Kill or run away a few hundred thousand here, a few hundred thousand there and before you know it you control a nation. Its the hatefilled muslim way which most of the world chooses to ignore. The problem is the muslims will not ignore the rest of the world, the cowards havent figured that out yet! Sooner or later they will get around to them..-Tyr
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