Leading human rights group Amnesty International says
dozens of people accused of belonging to the Islamic militant group Boko Haram
have died in horrific conditions at prisons in Cameroon. In a
report, Amnesty said the suspects died of disease,
malnutrition and in some cases had been tortured to death.
It added that Cameroon has detained more than
1,000 people accused of supporting Boko Haram, but in many cases, Amnesty
said, the suspects were arrested without any reasonable suspicion that
they had committed a crime.
They are being held in what the organisation describes
as "inhumane" conditions. At one prison in the north, up
to eight people are dying a month. Amnesty said it had also
documented extrajudicial killings by the security forces and six cases
where suspects were tortured to death.
The government in Cameroon has yet to respond to the
allegations.
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