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New torture allegations

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    Civilians who fled the town of Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone have arrived in the capital Freetown with reports of rebels torturing people there, the BBC reported on Sunday.

    They say punishments include stripping people naked and beating them, throwing them into diamond-mining pits and subjecting them to hard labour. The abuses follow an anti-rebel demonstration held in Freetown last weekend organised by people displaced from Kono, the BBC said.

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