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World Service,08 Dec 2000,28 mins,

International Human Rights Day

African Perspective
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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BBC journalist Josephine Hazeley returns to her home country of Sierra Leone to find out how the society and its people are dealing with the aftermath of the gross violation of human rights - using rape as a weapon, recruitment of child soldiers, violence and killing - that occurred during the rebel war.

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