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Word: yaya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...details of the arrests and their aftermath have leaked past Touré's rigorous censorship. According to foreigners recently in Conakry, five prisoners were beaten and tortured to death at the interrogation in Alpha Yaya military camp. Their remains were sent home in sealed coffins, and police waited until the coffins were underground before they left. An employee at Alpha Yaya said police knocked Diallo's teeth out and ripped out his fingernails. The relatives of another prisoner were told to come and get him. They found him crawling on his hands and knees, his back broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUINEA: Coffins & Broken Backs | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

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