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ICRC visits internees

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    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had been able visit Ethiopian prisoners of war (POWs) held at various locations in Eritrea. In a statement on Friday, it said ICRC delegates between 29 August and 1 September had visited Ethiopian POWs held at Nakfa camp, as well as Ethiopian inmates at a prison and two other internment camps where its staff had been registering civilian internees.

    “All the visits have been carried out in accordance with the organisation’s customary working procedures, with full cooperation from the Eritrean authorities,” the ICRC statement said. It said ICRC had also been regularly visiting Eritrean POWs and civilian internees held in Ethiopia during the two-year border conflict with its northern neighbour.

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