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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: AI: Liberia: Killing of Nuns
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.090612.2666@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- /** headlines: 488.0 **/
- ** Topic: LIBERIA: killing of nuns **
- ** Written 12:03 pm Nov 16, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:headlines **
- /* Written 10:43 pm Nov 14, 1992 by aiusala in igc:ai.general */
- /* ---------- "LIBERIA: killing of nuns" ---------- */
- Amnesty International
- International Secretariat
- 1 Easton Street
- London WC1X 8DJ
- United Kingdom
-
- DATE: 6 NOVEMBER 1992
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- LIBERIA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED BY KILLINGS OF NUNS
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- Amnesty International said today it was gravely concerned by the recent
- killing of five Roman Catholic nuns by armed men in Liberia's capital,
- Monrovia, and by reports that four Roman Catholic novices have gone missing.
- It said it was also deeply concerned about reports that as many as 300
- children who have been made orphans during Liberia's conflict have been taken
- away by National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) forces and may also now be
- at grave risk.
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- The five nuns, all United States nationals, are said to have been seized
- and summarily killed between 20 and 22 October during an assault on Monrovia
- by forces supporting Charles Taylor's NPFL, which controls much of Liberia.
- Monrovia's Roman Catholic archbishop, Michael Francis, is reported to have
- said that four Roman Catholic novices, all Liberian nationals, have also gone
- missing, amid fears that they may have been killed or detained by NPFL forces.
- Their situation, and that of the 300 Liberian orphans said to have been taken
- away by the NPFL remains unclear.
-
- "We utterly condemn the deliberate and arbitrary killing of the nuns",
- Amnesty International said, "and we are very concerned about the situation of
- the Liberian novices and orphans. We call on the NPFL to clarify urgently
- whether they are in its custody and, if so, to guarantee their safety."
-
- Amnesty International made this call while reiterating its appeal to all
- parties to the Liberian conflict to respect human rights and basic
- humanitarian standards.
- ** End of text from cdp:headlines **
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