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Amnesty: Hundreds dying in detention in Nigeria

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Amnesty International says it has evidence hundreds of people are dying in detention as the military cracks down on an Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria.

 

The London-based rights group in a report Tuesday said that "credible information" from a senior Nigerian army officer indicates more than 950 people died in military custody in the first six months of this year. (AP)

 

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