Human Rights Watch today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urging her to support the establishment of a criminal process to bring to justice gross abusers of human rights in Sierra Leone; to work to strengthen the United Nations mandate and capacity in that country to protect civilians; and to work for enforcement of the U.N. arms embargo against Sierra Leonean rebels.
The Security Council should use the current crisis and the apprehension of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leader Foday Sankoh to begin the overdue process of holding RUF leaders and others accountable for the atrocities they have committed.
Peter Takirambudde
Executive Director for Africa at Human Rights Watch
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