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Muscati said his organization has no intention of sharing the information it has about the abuse, as Harper urged them to do in the House of Commons.

“We have to stand by the victims who have asked us not to identify them because they’re terrified of police retaliation,” he said.

“It’s missing the point of the report. If he met with us and reviewed the report, he would know that’s an unrealistic request given that our report is about fear and insecurity that plagues aboriginal women and girls.”

Muscati named Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan and Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose — also the Minister of State for the Status of Women — as the other cabinet members who refused a meeting.

The New York-based group’s report accuses RCMP officers of abusing aboriginal women and girls in northern B.C., and also includes an allegation of rape.

The alleged incidents were uncovered as part of a broader investigation into charges of systemic neglect of missing and murdered aboriginal women along B.C.’s Highway 16, nicknamed the “Highway of Tears.”

The core recommendation of the report is that the federal and B.C. governments participate in a national commission of inquiry into the matter — a measure endorsed by the NDP, Liberals and the Assembly of First Nations.

Human Rights Watch will continue to press the matter, said Muscati.

“It’s obviously an issue that we’re going to keep working on. It’s one that has caught the attention of the public,” he said.