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Amnesty urges U.N. to look at rights in Rwanda

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LONDON, April 14 (Reuter) - Amnesty International urged the United
Nations on Thursday to pay closer attention to the human rights of
those suffering in clashes in Rwanda.

The evacuation of foreigners coordinated by Belgium, France and the
United States has overshadowed the plight of the thousands of Rwanda
citizens still at risk of being killed in the chaos, the London-based
human rights group said.

Closed doors at foreign embassies have meant that refuge has been
denied to people at imminent risk of being killed.

Governments should bear in mind the universality of human rights, not
just for their own citzens abroad, but for the equally innocent and
defenceless civilian population of Rwanda, the statement said.

Amnesty urged governments to consider what steps could be taken to
ensure the safety of those in peril from the presidential guard and
armed Hutu gang, who it said had committed most of the carnage in
Rwanda.

It strongly condemned the thousands of extrajudicial executions by the
armed forces and vigilante gangs allied to extremist Hutu political
parties close to the former president and said some reports put the
death toll at about 20,000.

The U.N. should also play a larger role in Rwanda...Amnesty
International calls for the expansion of the U.N. operation's mandate
so that it can investigate and report on human rights abuses not only
by the police and gendarmerie, but also by all armed forces, including
the army, the presidential guard and the RPF, it said.

(c) Reuters Limited 1994