Dave said Amnesty is calling on the Sri Lankan government to establish a strong international monitoring operation with powers to investigate abuses as they occur.
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Amnesty International devotes the cover of the winter edition of its magazine to the decades-long conflict in Sri Lanka and its impact on civilians. Other articles in international rights groups' magazine tell the story of rights abuses in Iran and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
She adds that Amnesty is waiting for Congo's newly elected president, Joseph Kabila, to show he will respect the human rights of his citizens.
Lynn Fredriksson is Amnesty's advocacy director for Africa.
"Neither the government forces nor the LTTE have taken adequate precautions to protect civilian lives,
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On Iran, Zahir Janmohamed, also from Amnesty's government relation's office, says the rhetoric between the United States and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regarding his country's nuclear program has overshadowed human rights issues within Iran.
Amnesty says in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, recent democratic elections - the first since independence 46 years ago - may have brought hope but severe human rights abuses continue, particularly against women.
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Mona Dave from Amnesty's Government Relations office says the conflict in Sri Lanka has been marked by years of human rights violations committed by the government, Tamil Tiger rebels - known as the LTTE - and other armed groups.
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12 December 2006
"Political killings and abductions have been on the rise and cases of disappearance have increased. And child recruitment continues to be a large problem in Sri Lanka. Furthermore, Amnesty International is concerned about reports of food shortages and other provisions in the north and east of Sri Lanka," she added.
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She says civilians often take the brunt of the abuses.
In the latest edition of its magazine, the human rights group Amnesty International focuses attention on the status of human rights in three countries: Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sri Lanka. VOA's Catherine Maddux reports.
She said, "Across the country, particularly in the eastern Congo, armed groups systematically used sexual violence against women,
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"In fact, without continuing support for the U.N. mission in the Congo, MONUC, armed violence against civilians would re-escalate," she continued.
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