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Word: oran (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...transit camp'' of Cinq-Palmiers in the Algiers military district, the inspectors found six prisoners, three of whom displayed recent contusions, jammed into a single cell; at their feet lay the corpse of yet another Moslem who had died unattended during the preceding night. At Telagh, in Oran military district, the wrists of several prisoners still bore the marks of ropes used to hang them from the ceiling during interrogations. And at the small (152 men) camp of Bou-Gobrine, so many prisoners had been killed "while attempting to escape," that the inspectors dryly suggested that "this question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sadly Conclusive | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

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