` While the international community has been focused on the political stalemate in Abidjan over the presidency , forces on both sides have committed numerous atrocities against civilians , their leaders showing little interest in reining them in , '' said Daniel Bekele , Africa director for Human Rights Watch . NEW : Human Rights Watch blames both sides for `` serious abuses '' The U.N. peacekeeping chief accuses Gbagbo 's forces of a `` trick '' He says they used a lull in fighting to reinforce their positions . In the latest salvo against Laurent Gbagbo, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that he was ''
NEW : Human Rights Watch blames both sides for `` serious abuses '' The U.N. peacekeeping chief accuses Gbagbo 's forces of a `` trick '' He says they used a lull in fighting to reinforce their positions . In the latest salvo against Laurent Gbagbo, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that he was ''