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Current Feed ContentBURKINA FASO: Human rights concerns in wake of mass arrestsSome 184 people have been imprisoned in Burkina Faso over the last fortnight, among them Thibault Nana, the leader of a small opposition party who is accused of masterminding a demonstration in the capital Ouagadougou in late February. “There are reports that some [detainees] have been tortured, and some have been sent to jail without being heard by an investigative judge,” Phillipe Ouédraogo, the leader of the “G14” coalition of opposition political groups told IRIN. The government’s... |