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Apr 30, 2008
Rights group urges Burundi to end police abuses
“But lack of training is compounded by the government's failure to investigate and prosecute abuses. Only two police officers have been convicted in 59 torture cases filed in the last two years”
A special unit of Burundi's police arbitrarily detained and tortured civilians last year, the New York-based Human Rights Watch group said in a report released on Wednesday. via Mail & Guardian
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