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Martin Mokobe Lumaya, Dennis, Tanji and twenty others were arbitrarily arrested at a funeral rite

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On 11.10. 2016. Yei. Martin Mokobe Lumaya, Dennis, Tanji and twenty others were arbitrarily arrested at a funeral rite and others from their homes and were branded as rebels or supporters of rebels. They were detained at the military barracks, despite being civilians. Martin said, he and nine other detainees managed to escape at night from the horrible cells of the army. He said they were badly tortured almost every day and night; Dennis, one detained with us, died from wounds sustained from torture, that is why we decided to escape, he said. We broke a small window and climbed through it to escape, he restated.

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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 05:30
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