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Conditions difficult for hundreds of prisoners

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    A total of 500 civilian and military prisoners detained by the Junta are living "in difficult conditions" but their lives are not endangered, AFP quoted the president of the Guinea Bissau Human Rights League, Ignacio Tavarez, as saying. It gave no further details of their situation. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was barred from commenting on prisoner conditions because of a standing agreement it has with all countries where it is represented. However, the ICRC's regional delegate in Senegal, Gilbert Delechat, told IRIN on Tuesday that on 12 and 13 May the ICRC registered 572 prisoners, whom it provided with soap, Jerry cans, and other material to clean their cells. "The visits continue," he said.

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